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Playing Chess...Positioning Pieces for the Middle Game
When playing chess,
one should properly develop the minor and major pieces
into a cohesive unit. The minor pieces are the knights
and bishops while the major pieces are the rooks and
queen. An underdeveloped or a misplaced minor and major
piece can lead to a bad position which can be undermined
by the opponent.
The following guidelines will help on
how to develop properly the minor and major pieces.
The knights should be placed on the
squares f3 and c3 if one is playing the white pieces
or on the squares f6 and c6 with the black pieces. This
ensures that both knights control the central squares
e4, e5, d4, and d5.
Do not place the knights on a3 and h3
if playing white or on a6 and h6 with black. The knights
are misplaced since they do not control the central
squares of the board. When trying to attack or defend,
a misplaced knight will take another two or three moves
to join the action. A two or three move differential
in chess can make or break the game.
If possible, move the bishops on the
squares f4 and c4 if white or on f5 and c5 if black.
Again we are trying to control the central squares on
e4, e5, d4 and d5 which will become very important in
the coming middle game.
Try to castle your king early. The king
is safer when it is castled and it will not obstruct
the movements of the other pieces. It is preferable
to castle the king on the kingside rather than on the
queenside. On the kingside, the king is situated near
the corner of the board which will make it hard to attack
the king directly.
Initially place the queen on the square
d2 or e2 if white or on the squares d7 or e7 if black.
This serves to make room for the rooks to move along
the a1 to h1 rank if white or on the a8 to h8 rank if
black. On these squares, the queen will aid the pawns
on either the e-file or d-file to press on for an attack.
Now that the back ranks are cleared
(a1 to h1 or a8 to h8), place the rooks on the squares
e1 and d1 if white or on e8 and d8 if black. In these
squares, the rooks are centralized and are ready to
support the pawns on the e-file and d-file to move forward
for an attack.
The key theme to all this is "centralization".
The pieces are placed on the squares in which they effectively
control the central squares of the board. With the minor
and major pieces being centralized, it is much effective
to conduct an attack on the opponent since the pieces
are acting as one cohesive unit.
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