CHESS FOR BEGINNERS: The Complete Fundamental Step-By-Step Winning Guide Book. Rules, Strategies, Openings, Tactics, Checkmates by Collins George L

Author:Collins, George L. [Collins, George L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-27T16:00:00+00:00

Knights Before Bishops

Our chess opening technique so far consists of opening lines, controlling the center and not doing too many pawn moves. But which pieces are we supposed to move first? The 2nd World Chess Champion, Emanuel Lasker, famously claimed that we should grow our knights before bishops. Let's remember that we should create knights and bishops before our other pieces before we look at why that is. Yeah, it's too risky for the King to begin walking around the board when our enemy already has a large amount of firepower to search him with. Far safer to comfortably tuck him away before things have settled down. And while the Queen is the most powerful piece, we shouldn't put her too early into the action either. Our opponent will have the opportunity to pull a piece out and strike her, causing us to move, so our opponent would have another move. Although we keep moving our Queen to safety, they are improving their position.

Finally, in order to be the most effective, rooks need open files and files are seldom opened early on. It can be stuck very easily if you put a rook out into a closed position.

There are a few reasons why we should grow our knights before bishops (usually, none of these 'orders' are set in stone). Next, they can more easily handle more of the central squares: 2 of them in 1 move. Compare Nf3, which governs d4 and e5, with a move like Bc4, which affects d5 only.

Secondly, while keeping themselves safe, knights will place pressure on the center.

The g2 pawn guards a knight on f3; the bishop on c4 is vulnerable to attack.

And ultimately, from their starting position, bishops also influence a number of squares, given that one of the central pawns has been moved to enable it.

In order to be part in the game, knights need to get closer to the action. Bishops are long-range pieces and they can also occupy squares.

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