1. Never resign!
I am not talking about claiming victory by resigning which will be covered later. Premature resignation is far too common in this variant. If you lose a lot of material early, then there is still a chance for a comeback. And I am not talking about merely loosing a queen here. You can lose a queen, rook and 2 bishops and I would still argue that it is too early to resign. Even a position where you are mate in 1 is too early to resign. The thing is that to get as high place as possible you should try to get as many points as possible. It is very pessimistic if you think it is impossible for you to get at least 1 more point before your checkmated. When it comes to positions where you are mate in 1 you should know that there are more players than the player that tries to checkmate you. The other players may want to prevent him from mating you or let him pay for it by attacking that player. When it gets to that players turn he might choose to prioritize something other than mating you (such as king safety or saving his queen).
2. Don't trade early!
The thing about trades is that if you trade a piece with another player, then you both lose a piece and the other players will have one more piece than you. In other words a trade is bad for both players involved. While the goal of the game is to get points, those points will come if you stay in the game for a long time. I'm not going to discuss to what extent you should avoid trades here, I just want you to know that trades are generally bad for you.
3. Watch out for the diagonals!
The bishops are a scary piece in this variant. Their worth about the same as a rook. One mistake many beginners do in this variant is to develop their bishops towards the centre and leave the pawn in front of their knight undefended. Another mistake many do is to leave themselves exposed to a check along a diagonal. You need to watch out for that and the typical way to deal with it is to block the diagonal with a pawn or develop your bishop on that diagonal yourself.
4. See checks as threats!
When a player is in check he must respond to the check and while doing this other players can try to take advantage of this by for example attacking a queen or capture a piece without giving the player a chance to recapture. This is especially true for checks by the player to your left, so you should really try to avoid checks by the player to your left.
5. Claim win (victory by resignation)
If there are only 2 players left and your ahead by at least 21 points, then you can just resign and win the game (The button should say "Claim Win"). You should use this opportunity whenever you can.
6. Don't get checked from your leftside player
Never. Any kind of checks. Don't do that.
Do castle rightside no matter whether it is short or long.
Its further better to stay center than castle leftside. leftside castling is just for emergency.
Always watch out leftside player.
Conversely you can be aggresive toward rightside player to a certain degree.
Opposite may not be involved with you until someone dies.
(Martin0, Fukadzume)
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