{"id":3502,"date":"2024-04-17T05:06:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T05:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrscheckmate.com\/?p=3502"},"modified":"2024-04-17T05:06:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T05:06:42","slug":"chess-opening-principles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrscheckmate.com\/chess-opening-principles\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the Basic Principles of Chess Openings?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Today’s post will be an in-depth look at chess opening principles. Someone can’t start memorizing variations and positions of a particular opening right after learning how to play chess. However, many players begin learning chess with the plan to learn an opening in particular. Before moving on to specific opening lessons, I would highly recommend learning the basic and advanced concepts in the opening of chess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once you understand the opening fundamentals and what you are trying to achieve, the memorization of openings will no longer seem like memorization. You will study an opening, and the moves will make logical sense to you, and it will be easy to follow the pattern once the foundation is in place. And it is essential to understand not only what to do but how and why. I believe all opening principles fall under two main categories: Central Control and King Safety.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Central Control <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Let’s start with central control: why do you want it? Simply put, any piece on a central square will become more powerful. The closer a piece is to the center, the more powerful it is. But what is this “power” the piece gains by being on a central square? Let’s compare the following diagrams of a knight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first image is a knight in the corner:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n