All the Right Moves

Anyone have any good chess strategies?

I once read a great article about a homeless chess hustler in DC -- The Days and Knights of Tom Murphy (Wells Tower, Washington Post Magazine).  Murphy's guidelines:

"Number one, king safety" -- above all else protect your king. "Number two, control the center" -- i.e.,maintain influence over the board's four center squares. "Number three, free the people and give everyone a healthy job" -- that is, don't oppress your powerful rear echelon behind a torpid row of pawns; stagger your pawn platoon so that your ranking pieces can go to work attacking or defending."

I'm no chess expert, but that seems like a pretty good strategy to me.