I became really good and didn't read any books but I play sorta cheaply.I've heard some chess masters do this too though so it's not bad to do it.
You should always move according to what type of person your oppenent is. Being able to tell what type of player he is can help a lot. An obvious way to tell is if they actually accept a queen swap. As soon as that happens, you can tell that they're aggresive and aren't afraid to swap pieces simply to get rid of yours.You can use something like this to your advantage. Let's say that you can see a checkmate but one piece is stopping you from doing it. As long as you get the checkmate, your other pieces don't matter so if you move a piece up so that their piece can take it, they probably won't think twice about taking it so you'll win.
This get's a lot harder if your oppenent does this technique too though but little things can help you tell what they're willing to do in the game and what they won't.
By the way, if your white you can open with your knight so it's attacking the square where your oppenents pawn would normally go, stopping them from moving it there for a turn.
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