Chess may seem like a complicated game, but can actually be learned quite easily. Once you learn the basics of the game you will want to start practicing new strategies so your game is always fresh.

It is important to make an awesome first move. Move the pawn in front of your king forward. While this may seem like it is leaving the king in a vulnerable position, it is also freeing up the queen and bishop to wreak mayhem on your opponent!

Getting them in checkmate in 4 moves sounds impossible but it can be done. In this series of moves, the bishop and queen are used to get your opponent into checkmate in just 4 moves. For your first move, move the pawn in front of the queen forward by 2 spaces. Your opponents move is next. Then move the bishop diagonal 3 spaces. After the next turn of your opponent, move your queen to the diagonal 2 spaces and let it sit in front of the pawn. Now, depending on your opponent's next move, you can zip the queen straight up to his pawn, capture it and get the king in checkmate! Then king cannot capture the queen as he will then be captured by your bishop, he cannot move away from the queen as he is blocked by his own pieces.

It's hard to let go of key pieces in the game, but to win sometimes you have to sacrifice. When your opponent is in a spot you need to be in, taking one of your pieces to get him to move to take that piece out will get you where you want to be. Just be sure that sacrificing your piece will get you what you want.

Don't be afraid to move you powerful pieces. Put them into play and create your strategy around moving those key pieces around. In no time you will checkmate.