Don't memorize Moves - Getting good Pieces out of the Opening - Part 2 | Beginner | IM Alex Astaneh

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Piece improvement plays a crucial role in any chess game. You already learned that each piece has its own relative value. However, during the game the value of each piece might vary depending which square the piece occupies and what role it plays. In order to win a chess match, you have to make sure that all your pieces are taking part in the fight. In this series, you will learn how to get good pieces out of the opening. We will also cover different openings that are relevant for beginners and teach you how to develop your pieces correctly and what are typical plans in these openings. You will also learn how to identify misplaced pieces and how to optimize your pieces in case you misplaced them during the game.

In this video, IM Alex Astaneh you will teach basic principles that you should follow in order to get good pieces out of the opening. In part two, he will focus on the knight, the bishop, the rook and the queen.

Summary:

Space: We need to keep in mind our pawn structure and the amount of space that it gives us in order to figure out good squares to place our pieces.

Knights: In general, we want to centralize them, but of course their stability in the center matters. In other words: How well defended and well supported is that knight and how easily can it be kicked off from whatever central square it is placed on.

Bishops: The main point we discussed was the pawn chain. If we put our pawns, especially our central pawns on light-squares, then that’s going to impact our light-squared bishop and at the same time the opposite coloured bishop. The dark-squared bishop will likely be a good piece because it won’t be blocked by our own pawns.

Rooks: We learned how they can be active from the starting square. Of course, that requires clearing the path by pushing the a-pawn or the h-pawn forward. Castling itself is also a common way of bringing our rook into play. Rooks belong on open files, and semi-open files (when we are the side without the pawn). Rooks also want to be connected which benefits the defense of our back rank.

Queen: The queen is a double-edged sword, when it comes to bringing the queen out very early. We saw that there are examples where the queen, being such a powerful piece, can create many targets but on the other hand can be targeted and then your opponent is able to develop his pieces, while creating threats against your queen and develop very quickly, so we want to be mindful of that.

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