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Once a chess player level up or move from a beginner’s level to an intermediate skill level, its chess strategies absolutely changes. Beginners in chess games strive to checkmate the opponent’s king as early as possible in just a few movements. They struggle to be able to catch their opponent off guard to gain a quick win.

In the more advances chess stage, we alter to a board position strategy and the progressive reduction of the opposing player’s force. We can attain this by putting in the standard point value of the individual chess piece.

The queen’s value is worth 10 points, the rooks are 5 points each, the bishops and the knights are worth three points each, and the pawns are one point each. Sometimes, these values vary such as the worth of the bishops and knights are only two and one half points but it does not matter. The powerful worth of the queen does speak for itself. The two point’s difference between the rooks and the bishops/knights is solely based on the ability of the rooks in combination with the king itself to affect the checkmate. The king when paired with the knights or bishops can not checkmate the opposing player’s king.

The aim of this white opening is to achieve position on the board as well as to win two points from the black. This is to trade a white knight from the opposing black’s rook. Let us begin a game by playing this basic strategy of the white that gives us the opportunity to focus on the white position only.

First, move the king’s pawn to king’s pawn four. Then in the next turn, move the king’s bishop four to the queen’s bishop four residing on the red diagonal. Next, move the king’s knight to the king’s bishop three. You can see now that this knight’s move could have been to the king’s rook five however, this move could expose the knight to be attack by the black queen’s bishop that is also in the red diagonal. Then, move the queen’s pawn to the queen’s pawn two so that your queen’s bishop can be able to protect the king’s knight after your next movement. Next, move your knight at king’s bishop three to the king’s knight five. At this point, black would have the same number of movements however, based on the variation of sequence, the white knight moves next to the king’s bishop seven. Your white knight cannot be taken because it is protected by your bishop positioned at the queen’s bishop four. Black of course would never sacrifice his or her queen so the white knight can be moved to the king’s rook eight, capturing the black king’s rook. After your turn, the black moves back the queen away from harm.

Let us assume that the black will stop and pull out to capture the invading white knight. At this point, when you captured the black’s rook, the white gained a two advantage point. Often times, the white knight that captured the black rook can also capture a black pawn when it is captured in return by the black which could hit a three point swing in the favor of the white.

White has been able to eliminate the possibility of the black to castle. Of course, this white sequence can vary based on the black’s response to each and every move of the white. However, this sequence can be an excellent opening strategy to gain advantage with point values.