MIDDLEGAME TIPS: tip137

3. If you are one or two pawns ahead, exchange pieces but not pawns.

7. Complete your development before moving a piece twice or starting an attack

Rules are meant to be broken (or, at least, checked to see if they apply in the actual position in front of you!)

* Take your opponent seriously if they are lower-rated, but don’t be overawed if they outgrade you. [Don’t look at your opponent’s rating if it takes the edge off your attitude.]

12. The knight is superior to the bishop in blocked positions or when the bishop is hemmed in by pawns on the same colour squares as the bishop.