The classic kings pawn opening is a time-tested opening that novice players can use to help them gain experience in the game of chess. This is a great way to control the center of the board and allows you to have many avenues in which to mount an attack against your opponent. At the same time it also allows you to develop a very tough defensive stance that your opponent may have difficulty breaking through without suffering a tremendous loss in pieces.

The kings pawn opening consists of first moving both the D and E pawns forward two spaces to D4 and E4. This is followed by bringing out both bishops to the sides of the pawns at C4 and F4. The next step is to move both knights out to C3 and F3. Castling your king and rook on either the kings side or the queens side follows this move. Once this is done you can move the queen to either E2 or D2. Now you can move your second rook over to D1 or E1 depending on which side you castled to.

Of course all of this assumes that your opponent will allow you the luxury of moving your pieces into these exact positions. Often times they will not give you this opportunity, but if you have the chance to execute even most of this opening, you can place your self at a major advantage. All of these pieces carefully compliment each other in this opening scenario. You have many different lanes in which to attack from and have total dominance over the center of the board. Having control over the center of the board is one of the basic tactics that many players use in chess. Give the kings pawn opening a try and see if it works for you.