Bring your Knights and Bishops out before moving your Queen.
The main goal is often escorting a pawn to the 8th rank to get a Queen.
Restricting a piece because moving it would expose a more valuable piece (like the King).
While strategy is your long-term plan, tactics are the short-term "tricks" that win material.
Using one piece to attack two of your opponent's pieces at once.
Castle as early as possible to protect your King behind a wall of pawns. Phase 2: Tactics and Strategy
