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hi it's coach Rob with kids Academy and
today we will begin chapter 5 lesson one
opening principles and really there are
three phases of a chess game the opening
the middle game and the end game the end
game is when there are fewer pieces on
the board and you either try to get a
checkmate or maybe promote a pawn to a
queen the middle game is where you do a
lot of your attacking and defending and
the opening which we'll focus on today
is how to begin the chess game it's the
beginning and we're gonna focus on three
guidelines or three principles today
that we should be thinking about that we
should keep in mind whenever we sit down
and begin a game of chess the three
things we should be thinking about are
controlling the center developing our
pieces as quickly as possible and
protecting our King
using that move we learned earlier
called castling so looking at the chess
board here there are really four squares
in particular that are right in the
middle of the chess board they are d 4 D
5 e 4 and E 5 this is the center and
you're probably asking yourself why is
the center so important well to use an
analogy like soccer or lacrosse there's
a position called a midfielder and a
midfielder can attack can defend they
can do a lot of different jobs that can
be very useful and if they're in the
center they can do these things quite
easily they have access to the most
number of squares they control the most
space and they can easily go to any part
of the board that they need to go so
step one to be thinking about control
the center either occupy the center with
your pieces or have your pieces and
pawns aiming at the center the second
principle to be thinking about is
developing your pieces as quickly as
possible and the quickest way to develop
your pieces is to spend one turn on each
piece
sometimes in scholastic chess or
beginner chess I see a player move a
knight and they'll move this same piece
three four five times in a row this is
not very effective and one piece by
itself not even the Queen can fight
against an entire army
so get your pieces out quick
bring out a knight on your next move
bring out the other night move upon
develop a bishop get your pieces out as
quickly as possible and finally we want
to protect our King the king is not very
safe on its starting square by castling
we help usher the King to the corner
where it can rest behind these walls
pawns these three pawns to act as a
shield and keep the King safe to use
another analogy I like to think of the
King as a pot of gold and if I gave you
a pot of gold and asked you to keep this
pot of gold safe from 15 players that
we're trying to take this gold away from
you would you put the gold in the middle
of a room or in the corner well you
wouldn't want to put it in the middle of
the room because from there it could be
attacked and taken from you from many
different directions but if you put it
in the corner it's much easier to defend
and it's harder to get to same thing
with the King we want to pretend the
King is our pot of gold and we want to
put him in the corner where he's safe so
those are the three things control the
center develop your pieces quickly and
protect your king by castling so let's
pretend we're sitting down to a chess
game and we have the white pieces do you
have a favorite first move and if you
don't have a favorite first move can you
think of a move that controls the center
or develops a piece or helps prepare
your king to castle hmm let's see the
most popular first move in chess is pawn
to e4 right away we're attacking a
center Square we're attacking d5 we're
controlling f5 which is very close to
the center we've unlocked our bishop so
our bishop is prepared to develop if the
bishop comes out we are one step closer
to castling efore is the most popular
move and in fact Bobby Fischer the only
American to be the only American to
become the official world champion said
efore is the best by test many
grandmasters start their games with d4
this gives white a little bit more
central control the Queen is aiming at
d4 the pawn is aiming at E 5 and also at
c5 so right away we're controlling two
squares in the center
and one square very close to the center
this unlocks the Queen it unlocks the
bishop it's a very good way to start a
knight move is also a good way to start
especially Knight f3 it develops a piece
it aims at the center why does one step
closer to castling kingside some of the
top players in the world start their
games with Knight f3 and generally
speaking the Knights favorite squares
are f3 C 3 C 6 and f6
that way the Knights are influencing the
center aiming at the center right away
from their very first move moves like
Knight H 3 or Knight a6 aren't as active
they don't control the center and in
fact a knight on the edge this net is
only aiming at 4 squares but if it went
to its favorite square f3 it's actually
aiming at 8 twice as many so another
reason why our piece is like being
towards the center they attack more
squares they are more active when I was
a boy I didn't have a chess teacher
there once in a chess club in my town
and I started a lot of my games playing
pawn each for rookie ch3 and now I'd
bring my rook over and try to attack
with this and you don't happened I lost
a lot of games I lost even more rooks
can you pause the video and think about
why this is not a good way to start a
chess game well there are many reasons
why this is not a good way to start
first of all pawn to h4 does not control
the center and also I spent 1 2 3 moves
to develop one piece that is not very
efficient I could have a pawn in the
center and both nights out in the same
amount of turns also if my rook comes
here this pawn is blocked and if this
pawn is blocked this Bishop can't come
out easily my pieces are getting jammed
up and finally if I move this rook
number 1 I can't castle but a lot of
times my opponent would play d5 I would
continue my plan rook h3 and
they would capture my five-point rope
with their Bishop and already I'm behind
in the game so my suggestion to you when
you sit down to a chessboard with white
move the King pawn or the queen pawn two
spaces and then focus on bringing your
Knights to the favorite squares get out
your bishops and castle save the Queen
for later in the game don't bring her
out right away and if you're black I
would suggest just copying White's first
move so if they play e4 play e5 if they
play d4 you could play d5 don't copy
their moves for too long but copying the
first move is totally fine and in fact
this is the most common way to meet
these openings thank you for watching
and I'll see you soon
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