John Moore wrote:Rather harsh, Jack. The rule was never relevant to strong players but for beginners and improvers it had some sense. You are more likely to know where you want to put your Knights in the opening but it may be worth waiting a bit before deciding about the Bishops.
"Knights before bishops" is not really a good thing to teach. I don't think anyone told me that ever. I think it is rather restrictive to one's imagination to lay some "ground rules". Don't say that this is only a suggestion because it isn't.
Only a few recommendations and advice with regards to piece development and their activity and castling would be good. Other than that, just let the players experiment with a few things. In some cases you might want to show one opening line, but this isn't really that useful in complete beginner's chess.
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