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untold rules

hi, is there any list of as i call them untold rules in chess? like dont bring queen too early and so on?
Well, I'm not sure what level of "rules" you mean, but here are a few basic ones I always try to follow:

1. Try to control the center in the opening using pawns and your knights.
2. Develop your minor pieces first, don't worry too much about your rooks.
3. Moving pawns in front of your king is usually not a good idea, unless you're moving the g pawn to fianchetto(put your bishop on its longest diagonal) your king's bishop.
4. Try to avoid getting doubled pawns, as they are difficult to work with in an endgame.
5. Avoid isolated pawns as well, they are easy for your opponent to take.
5. Don't just trade pieces for no reason, have a plan when you trade pieces.
6. If you have a piece which is not very good (ie. a bishop that is blocked by pawns) try to trade it off for a good piece of your opponent (ie a fianchettoed bishop, or a knight in the center of the board).
7. Center pawns are important, try to keep yours and get rid of your opponent's in order to control the center.

That got a bit complicated, but I hope it helps. I'm sure there are a few more general ideas you could stick to, but some of this kind of stuff is also dependent on the opening you choose.

Good luck!
thank you :D this is exactly what i wanted, i mean i know some of them but i wasnt aware of 6 for example and its cool (at least for me) to know these rules
Try to put rooks on open files
Dont move same piece twice in the opening
Think twice before pushing pawns, they cant go back
Bishops are bette than knights in open positions, knights are better in closed ones
If you are attacking player you will probably like my last advice :D I read it somewhere from Korchnoi (RIP) If you dont know what to sacrifice rook or minor piece, sac a rook
Every rule, including this one, has exceptions.
In the endgame, placing a rook in the 7-th rank (when opponent's king is still in the back-rank) is worth a pawn (you may let your opponent capture a pawn of yours in order to achieve the rook in the 7-th).

Is always better to support a passed pawn with a rook from behind than from ahead (otherwise it will be in pawn's way to crowning).

In the endgame , If your opponent only has a king, and you have

a Queen or
Two Bishops or
A knight and a Bishop (Too complicated though) or
A rook or
A pawn on the 5th square, a king on the sixth square

Then you can win

If you have

A knight only or
A bishop only or
Two knights only

Then it's is a draw
I think you can win with 2 Knights as well. Like Knight and Bishop though its difficult to do.

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