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ALL Opening Chess Rules

It Describes about chess opening principles. read once, you get idea about how to develop pieces in the beginning.

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REMOTE CHESS ACADEMY


GM Igor Smirnov
http://chess-teachercom
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 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 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# 1asparov 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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5n one particular game you may use even a dubious novelty. 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 engine ,9ybka# Frit!# etc.- can suggest to you several
novelties from any given position.
4. Your opening Repertoire
"ou need to build a well thought6out opening repertoire.
3se different openings against strong and weak opponents.
:repare different openings for situations when you need a win and
for those when you are comfortable with a draw.
"ou may use dubious)tricky openings occasionally. ;owever# dont
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.
5nclude classical openings in your opening repertoire. Although they
may be not /fashionable0# they will deepen your overall
understanding of chess.
A classical approach< play aggressively with =hite> play solid lines
with 4lack.
"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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