2. Develop pieces quickly 3. Knights before bishops 4. Don’t move same piece twice in opening 5. No queen too early 6. Castle before move 10 7. Connect rooks 8. Rooks should go on open or half open files 9. Knights on the rim are grim 10. Avoid double pawns 11. Avoid isolated pawns 12. Avoid backward pawns 13. Dont trade bishop for knight 14. Avoid moving pawns in front of castle king 15. Don’t open center if king is still there 16. 2 minor pieces are better than rook+pawn 17. 3 minors is better than queen 18. Rooks are strong on 7th or 2nd rank 19. Doubled rooks on open file are very strong 20. Bishops are better in open, knight-closed 21.deal with attack on flank with atk on cntr 22. Capture toward cntr with pawns 23. End game, king is valuable 24. Rooks go behind passed pawn 25. 2 connected pawns on 6th rank beats rook 26. Atk base of pawn chain 27. Knights are best blockaders of pawns 28. If position is cramped, trade pieces 29. When ahead, trade pieces but not pawns 30. When down, trade pawns but not pieces 31. Opposite colored bishop pieces dangerous 32. End game, games are drawish 33. Dont play hope chess 34. When you see good move, stop and look for better move 35. Know right time to ignore principles