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REMOTE CHESS ACADEMYGM Igor Smirnov

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ALL Opening Rules

1. Opening play

Develop pieces toward the center.

Fight for the control over the central squares.

Develop minor pieces before heavy pieces.

Develop knights before bishops.

Move your central pawns.

Avoid pawn moves on the flanks if it doesnt help an overall

development of your pieces.

astle as soon as you can.

entrali!ed king hampers development of other pieces and can be

attacked by opponent.

"ou must finali!e your development before starting any other plans.

Dont be too greedy for material. Dont start a premature attack. After you have finali!ed your development# start an attack.

2. Opening preparation

$pening preparation is very important. %trong preparation can help

you beat a weaker opponent# and it will force a stronger opponent to

struggle for a draw.

%ometimes# you can win a game &ust because of your e'cellent

opening preparation.

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"ou need to learn the main strategic ideas)plans of an opening. *hen#

itll be much easier for you to understand specific variations.

+ach opening has some typical tactical ideas)tricks. "ou must learn

them.

Dont stop after learning a single opening theory. "ou need to learntypical pawn structures and plans of a middle game.

An analysis of classical games ,i.e. the best games of top players- in

your opening will help you to understand this opening much better.

earning different variations within one opening will improve your

overall understanding.

%ome strong players /speciali!e0 in a certain opening ,i.e. play this

opening consistently over many years with good results-. For

instance# asparov and Fischer are specialists in 2a&dorf variation of

%icilian defense.

earn the games of such /specialists0 in your openings.

An opening is a tool. 3se it as long as it serves you well. After that#

throw it away.

4efore playing a new opening in tournament games# you must

practice it in training games.

3. Opening novelties

5f a certain move hasnt been played before# it doesnt mean that its

bad.

%ome openings are forgotten even though they are not bad at all.

$pening theory is limited. +very opening contains uncommon

variations that are &ust as good as a streamline approach.

"ou can use a /novelty0 for your opponent ,even though it may be

well6known in chess theory-.

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