Instead of giving a step-by-step, I'd suggest following (this is because every next step depends on where other person is moving). You should follow some general guide lines, such as:
- try to place your knights before their corresponding bishops, and both knights before queen's bishop
- try to avoid swapping bishops for knights if you're not too far in the game
- no matter how tempting, avoid "attack" developments on only one side of the board (avoid only left or only right attacks. They can be made ineffective in 3-4 moves easily)

There are plenty more, and you should probably look at Chess Central and Chess Forum. They have threads dedicated to starting and ending strategies.
Source(s):
Playing the game myself. Some tips on chess central (http://www.chesscentral.com/) and chess forum (http://www.chessforums.org/).

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If you have the opening move then..
The saragossa opening or a queens gambit are usually the 2 most proffered openings of major chess enthusiasts.

Where either of the 2 inside pawns move only one space.
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Try to keep control of the center.
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The Queens Gambit.

I almost always invariably opt to use this classic opening in a chess game it is an example of great positional play. It is played in two main ways as a response to blacks moves these categorizations are Queens Gambit Accepted QGA, or Queens Gambit Declined QGD.

The following are the opening moves.

1. d4 d5
2. c4
After the above two moves, it has many variations each with a specific name.

After 1.d4 d5 2.c4,
2...dxc4 (Queen's Gambit Accepted) (QGA)
2...Nc6 (Chigorin Defense)
2...c5 (Symmetrical Defense)
2...c6 (Slav Defense)
2...e5 (Albin Countergambit)
2...e6 (Queen's Gambit Declined) (QGD)
2...Bf5 (Baltic Defense)
2...Nf6 (Marshall Defense)
2...g6 (Alekhine's Variation).

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Gambit
http://www.chess-poster.com/openings/queens_gambit.htm http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=D06

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Firstly, there is no best opening strategy in a chess game. This is a beginner concept. After playing chess for four years, i came to realise that there is no "best opening". If there was then everybody would be playing it and all the grandmasters would be playing the same openings all the time.

Secondly, the type of chess you get in the later stages such as middlegame and endgame can directly affected by the opening you play. So you have to be very careful when following somebody's advice as it might not be suitable for you. At the start it is basically a "trial and error" search.

Maybe what you meant was, best strategy for you as a person. In that case it all really depends upon you.

First you should note your style. Everybody is different and you can't really define it using words alone but it shows what type of positions you prefer. It would be injustice to define a person but in my eyes the Aggressive likes open position and the Positional likes closed but thats not always the case.

Do you like open positions?; positions where the pieces are rampant,Bishops and rooks are plain sailing on the open diagonals and files. In this type of positions there is great deal space to move around. Though the one with the initiative can dictate the game quite easily because after one positional mistake and its kinda hard to get rid of.

Do you like closed positions?; In these positions pieces the pieces don't have much space and do A LOT of manoeuvring. The plans are usually long-term and are specific to THAT opening. Usually you dont have much freedom in your plans as you have to follow what the structure tells you waht to do.

After all these considerations you must also consider your opponent. If he is aggressive, then make it closed and make it a long and boring game.

If he is positional, then make it tactical and complex so doesn't like it.

Play the type of positions AKA openings your opponent doesnt like, you will score well if you do this.

After all this, then consider then try a find openings which meet all these requirements. It will be tough, but life is long so surely one day you will find an opening you like.
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wikipedia.org

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