White to move
Develop your pieces
What it’s about
- Knights and bishops are the minor pieces. In the opening you bring them off the back rank – that is called developing.
- A knight in the middle reaches more squares than one on the edge. Move each piece only once if you can, and bring out the ones still at home first.
- The queen waits: if she comes out too early, your opponent attacks her with smaller pieces – and develops while doing so.