Session # 5
OPENINGS, THE MIDDLE GAME AND THE ENDGAME
The opening is the first of the three phases of a game. The opening
is when each side gets its pieces out, prepares itself for the firsts
attacks and basically sets the ground for the rest of the game. We are
going to see some principles that will serve as a guide on how the openings
should be played, it will be important for you to follow these rules
from now on.
First, we will divide the pieces in two categories: minor pieces, major
pieces, king and pawns. We already know what the king and pawns are,
we placed them here just to show that they are not part of the major
and minor pieces. The minor pieces are the knights and bishops, the
major are the rooks and queen. Also it is important to talk about the
center, it is the place where the pieces are most powerful. In reality,
we can look at the opening as a war for the center. The player that
achieves the goal of controlling the center has created an enormous
advantage for himself. With all this new knowledge, we will enumerate
the four principal that you will follow from now on to start the game.
1-Play in the center or as close as possible
2-Get your minor pieces out
3-Put your king in security ( castle )
4-You must have completed your developpement before attacking
Now for the second of the three phases of the game; the middle game.
The middle game is the phase right after the opening, meaning that when
we have put our king in security, developed our minor pieces and that
the attacks start occurring, the middle game has started. Here, the
goal is to create some kind of advantage for ourselves, material or
positional, in order to arrive in the endgame with an edge and increasing
our chances of winning. Here, more often than not, the smarter person
will win, we must use some tactics and strategies in order to beat our
enemy. We will supply you with tools to build such strategies and tactics.
|of course, you will have to use those tools in order to have a chance
of accomplishing something. Just as a carpenter cannot do much without
his tools, you will not be able to do much without yours.
The end game, as the name tells, is the last phase of the game. Here
the result will depend on how well we played the openings and the middle
game. Here the material advantages will be felt immensely and it is
them that will in majority of the cases decide the result of the game.
If the game is equal in material, the one who was smart enough to prepare
his position for the endgame, will have the better chance of winning.
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