Don’t move your queen too soon.

Not moving the queen too early in the game is one of the most
important chess strategy tips for beginners. Most beginners try to
move the queen too early in order to create mating threats on f7
or f2.

These threats are usually not real and the player who moved the
queen usually loses several tempos on trying to get the queen
back to a safe square.

You’ve probably heard this many times before. But “don’t move
your queen too early in the game” is a rule that can be omitted
sometimes. For example, if your opponent makes a huge mistake
that you can punish immediately by starting an attack with your
queen.

Connect your rooks and place them on the columns that will be open.
The rooks are usually the most difficult pieces to activate. This is
because they can only move horizontally and vertically. It’s not
easy to move these heavy pieces when there are not open
columns.

That’s one the reasons why castling your king early is very
important. It helps you bring one of the rooks closer to the center
of the board.

You should also always try to anticipate which columns are the
ones that are most likely to be opened during the game, so that
you are the first one to take advantage of the open columns with
your own rooks.

Think twice before moving your pawns. They can’t go back.

As you already know, pawns can only move forward. That’s the
reason why this is a fundamental chess strategy for players of all
levels, not only for beginners.

Another very important chess strategy tip is that pawns are the
pieces with more limitations when it comes to mobility. So pawns
are always very important for determining the nature of the
position and the plans that each player should follow.

If you have a bad piece, try to exchange it very quickly.

Being able to identify when any particular piece doesn’t have a
bright future is a very important aspect of chess strategy at all
levels. This actually makes a difference between novice players
and masters.