ALL Opening Chess Rules

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REMOTE CHESS ACADEMY GM Igor Smirnov http://chess-teachercom

“ALL Opening Rules” 1. Op Opeening ning pla play      

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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 doesn’t help an overall development of your pieces. astle as soon as you can. entrali!ed king hampers development development of other pieces and can be attacked by opponent. "ou must finali!e your development before starting any other plans. Don’t be too greedy for material. Don’t start a premature attack. After you have finali!ed your development# start an attack.

2. Opening preparation 

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$pening preparation is very important. %trong preparation can help you beat a weaker opponent# and it will force a stronger opponent to struggle for a draw. %ometimes# you can win a game &ust because of your e'cellent opening preparation. ! "#$" Remote Chess Aca%em& Aca%em& 'e(: http://chess-teachercom

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"ou need to learn the main strategic ideas)plans of an opening. *hen# it’ll be much easier for you to understand specific variations. +ach opening has some typical tactical ideas)tricks. "ou must learn them. Don’t stop after learning a single opening theory. "ou need to learn typical 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 different variations within one opening will improve your overall understanding.

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%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.

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

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4efore playing a new opening in tournament games# you must  practice it in training training games.

3. Ope Openin ning g novelt novelties ies   

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5f a certain move hasn’t been played before# it doesn’t mean that it’s  bad. %ome openings are forgotten 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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5n one particular game you may use even a dubious novelty. 5t 5t is likely that your opponent will not find a proper response. After all# he only has a few minutes for each move8 A computer computer engine ,9ybka# Frit!# etc.- can suggest to you several novelties from any given position.

4. Your opening opening Repertoir Repertoiree 

"ou need to build a well thought6out opening repertoire.

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3se different openings against strong and weak opponents. :repare different different openings for situations when you need a win and for those when you are comfortable with a draw.

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"ou may use dubious)tricky openings occasionally. ;owever# don’t include them in your regular opening repertoire. %ooner or later# they will bring you trouble# and people will learn to catch or recogni!e them.

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5nclude classical openings in your y our opening repertoire. Although Although they may be not /fashionable0# they will deepen your overall understanding of chess.

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A classical classical approach< play aggressively with =hite> play solid lines with 4lack.

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"ou may choose your /chess hero0 ,i.e. a strong player whose style is similar to yours- and imitate his opening repertoire.

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