Most people who play chess games, especially those who are not very experienced, tend to lose very quickly. Sometimes, they just lose within the chess openings (very first ten movements or so). They have trouble in figuring out the square where they would be able to place their bishops as well as the knights so that they can castle immediately and move on to the next stage, which is the middle game. This is the reason why many chess players are spending most of their time and effort in learning the basic chess openings and the advanced chess openings as well.
The first rule in the opening game is to develop all the chess pieces before anything else. This is getting out your knights first and getting your pawns to the squares at the center. The control of the center squares is very important in the game of chess. In order for your to advance your skills and be more effective in almost all of your games, you must know how to control the center squares and you will be more satisfied in your games.
Furthermore, you must get your bishops outside your pawn chain because if it will only own a little or no square at all, then it will just be a bad bishop. The knights can jump and find a square of their own while bishops are very much limited to just one colored squares. Thus, you must carefully put your best interest in getting them to a square where they can have the longest attacking power range. Most of the advanced chess players use their bishop in a way that they can move into long diagonals.
If you are a beginner in chess games, you may encounter trouble in castling. The 4th world champion of chess games, Alexander Alekhine, always say to castle early. It is very true because the objective of the game is to capture the opponent’s King, so it really makes sense if you can get your own King into safety as soon as possible. If your King is caught open in the middle, then expect your game to be miserable and brutal on attacks of the opponent side.
The most effective way of castling is to first develop your kingside knight and bishop so that you can castle on the king side. In this way, you will just use four to five moves while if you castle in the queenside, it can take longer and more movements. The main point is to castle whenever you see an opportunity. Well, not unless the opposing player blunders in a bad positioning in the opening game then you can get a very quick checkmate without worrying your king’s safety.
If you have limited knowledge about book openings then just think about all single moves and always consider and think why does your opponent’ move in that way. Anticipate what your opponent is thinking so that you can place a counter attack on their chess pieces as soon as possible.