Check your chess principles!

International Master Andras Toth is a full-time chess coach based in Australia, and he’s had a revelation. His coaching experience has taught him that a universal weakness among ambitious improvers, club players and even seasoned experts is that they don’t always fully grasp some of the basic principles of chess, or tend to neglect them.

The three most important of these principles are:

Control the centre – when in doubt, centralize!

Develop your pieces – ...