Chess opening strategy

Question

What should I be doing early in the game?

Answer 1

While All the advice in this thread is great (i.e developing your pieces, controlling the center, getting your king to safety etc.) I think it's equally important to have a plan. Not only will having a plan help you identify candidate moves it will also help you develop the chess player's most important muscle, imagination! An opening plan should be flexible and simple but still concrete. As you get more experience in the openings the various plans will start to become more clear and you will be able to use them to formulate your own plans in new positions.

Answer 2

First before answering you should think that whether you are a attacker or defender .

If you are a attacker follow these steps

1. First develop your pieces within 14 moves .Because in chess first 14 moves is very important .
2. Then control the center and Develop your pawn structure and attack the king side.
3. Note that if you can win a game by sacrifice then don't hesitate to do it.
4. Before that you should have belief in yourself.

If you are Defender follow these steps

1. First develop your pieces within 14 moves .Because in chess first 14 moves is very important .This is basic for all chess players.
2. Then you must not allow the opponent to control the center.
3. Then you must protect your King side as well as Queen side.
4. Then you can slowly move to end game and you can win the game if you are strong at end game.

Answer 3

What we should do:

Take control of the center with your pawns.

Develop your minor pieces first (Bishops and Knights) preferably to the positions, where they influence the central squares.

Get your king to safety (in 99% of openings that will mean to castle).

What we Should NOT do:

Make too many pawn moves that do not assist in the development of your pieces.

Develop our Queen before the minor pieces without an apparent reason.

Make more than one move with a piece without an apparent reason.

Answer 4

1. Control the center of the board (control central squares e4,e5,d4,d5)
2. Develop minor pieces (Bishops and Knights)
3. Castle (King Safety)
4. Bring major pieces into the game (Rook and Queens)

Answer 5

Early in the game, you should seek to accomplish three things:

1. Develop your pieces (these should first be your minor pieces: bishops and knights. Ideally, try to move them only once until all four are out on the board.)
2. Protect your king (castling is a good idea)
3. Control the center (move your king or queen pawn out two spaces and protect it)

Note: Move your rooks and queen out later.