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REMOTE CHESS ACADEMY


GM Igor Smirnov
http://chess-teacher.com

“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 doesn’t help an overall
development of your pieces.

 Castle as soon as you can.


 Centralized king hampers development of other pieces and can be
attacked by opponent.

 You must finalize your development before starting any other plans.
Don’t be too greedy for material. Don’t start a premature attack.
 After you have finalized your development, start an attack.

2. Opening preparation

 Opening preparation is very important. Strong preparation can help


you beat a weaker opponent, and it will force a stronger opponent to
struggle for a draw.
 Sometimes, you can win a game just because of your excellent
opening preparation.

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 You need to learn the main strategic ideas/plans of an opening. Then,


it’ll be much easier for you to understand specific variations.
 Each opening has some typical tactical ideas/tricks. You must learn
them.
 Don’t stop after learning a single opening theory. You 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.
 Learning different variations within one opening will improve your
overall understanding.

 Some strong players “specialize” in a certain opening (i.e. play this


opening consistently over many years with good results). For
instance, Kasparov and Fischer are specialists in Najdorf variation of
Sicilian defense.
Learn the games of such “specialists” in your openings.

 An opening is a tool. Use it as long as it serves you well. After that,


throw it away.

 Before playing a new opening in tournament games, you must


practice it in training games.

3. Opening novelties

 If a certain move hasn’t been played before, it doesn’t mean that it’s
bad.
 Some openings are forgotten even though they are not bad at all.
 Opening theory is limited. Every opening contains uncommon
variations that are just as good as a streamline approach.

 You can use a “novelty” for your opponent (even though it may be
well-known in chess theory).
 In one particular game you may use even a dubious novelty. It is
likely that your opponent will not find a proper response. After all, he
only has a few minutes for each move!
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 A computer engine (Rybka, Fritz, etc.) can suggest to you several


novelties from any given position.

4. Your opening Repertoire

 You need to build a well thought-out opening repertoire.

 Use different openings against strong and weak opponents.


 Prepare different openings for situations when you need a win and
for those when you are comfortable with a draw.

 You may use dubious/tricky openings occasionally. However, don’t


include them in your regular opening repertoire. Sooner or later, they
will bring you trouble, and people will learn to catch or recognize
them.

 Include classical openings in your opening repertoire. Although they


may be not “fashionable”, they will deepen your overall
understanding of chess.

 A classical approach: play aggressively with White; play solid lines


with Black.

 You may choose your “chess hero” (i.e. a strong player whose style
is similar to yours) and imitate his opening repertoire.

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