Understanding chess and playing it well can benefit you in your everyday life, because it teaches you how to concentrate, plan, focus and think ahead. The fact that you can experience friendly competition in a venue where the only thing that gets bruised is your ego isn’t bad either. That’s probably why you see such a variety of chess tips out in the world. People have known the game’s benefits for generations.

Many people don’t realize, though, that it takes more than just studying chess puzzles to play the game effectively. Many new chess players are surprised to discover that when they go to a tournament or a chess club. One of these aspects is specific etiquette that should be followed so your fellow players will respect you. You would be amazed how many experienced chess players don’t know this etiquette. They should have gotten this information from whoever helped them learn chess, but that’s often not the case.

Here are some important chess etiquette tips:

* Mobile phones and beepers
Mobile phones and beepers aren’t allowed during tournament play, even if set to vibrate. It’s also a good idea to keep them turned off when at a chess club, whether in a tournament or not.

* Talking During a Chess Game
When it comes to talking while playing chess, think of the Golden Rule: Do onto others as you would like them to do onto you. If you don’t want someone talking during your chess game, then don’t do it to others.

* Moving pieces
The rule is, if you touch a chess piece, you’re obligated to move it. If you move a piece to a new square and keep your fingers on it, however, you can return it to its original square. You’re still required to move it, but you can choose another square. Once you take your hand off it, however, it’s considered a move.

* The clock
You must use the same hand to press the clock that you use to move the pieces. Also, once the clock has been pressed, you must move your hand away. If you’re playing in a tournament, you should press the clock to stop it if there’s ever a need to speak to the tournament director about any aspect of the game.

* Offering draws
The appropriate method for offering a draw is to move a piece and offer the draw before you stop your clock. Once you have offered the draw, you can stop the clock. Don’t extend an offer of a draw while time is running on your opponent’s clock.

These are just a sampling of the rules that should be honored when you play chess. If you play, it’s important that you learn all of them.

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