Opening Rules

My chess is evolved bit by bit from my childhood. When I started playing chess at the age of 10, I donno the rules. I was playing with our own customized rules like moving pawn backwards, 15 move draw etc. But when playing tournament in school, I got to know the rules. After that without knowing much in chess, like openings, strategy, end games etc. I was just playing the games with understanding opponents move and planning the strategy.

Chess is not a simple game. Its a vast sea. There are plenty of concepts are there. Now I started learning the concepts, here is one of them.

Here is Reuben Fine's 10 rules for opening,

1. Open with either the e-pawn or the d-pawn.
2. Wherever possible, make a good developing move which threatens something or adds to the pressure on the centre.
3. Develop knights before bishops.
4. Pick the most suitable square for a piece and develop it there once and for all.
5. Make one or two pawn moves in the opening, not more.
6. Do not bring your queen out too early.
7. Castle as soon as possible, preferably on the king's side.
8. Play to get control of the centre.
9. Always try to maintain at least one pawn in the centre.
10. Do not sacrifice without a clear and adequate reason, eg.:
• it secures a tangible advantage in development
• it deflects the opponent's queen
• it prevents the opponent from castling
• it enables a strong attack to be developed