Why that in this picture, I want to take a slightly different angle on an opening principle, it's
the center of the chessboard.
We really want to focus on center the center of the chessboard.
And there's an extended center as well you can think about like this.
So pieces towards the center, like a knight, they're often much stronger than they are, much stronger
in the sense that they are controlling more squares.
And that's the same with most pieces, in fact.
So central control, but particularly these four squares are essential basis for playing the opening.
So that's why either 844, in fact, are considered like the strongest, both to try out and start the
game.
So E4 is already attacking two central squares.
Now, let's say they they play in a very fancy way.
B6, what would be the ideal setup to play well d4 for example, and here you can develop this night
and you can develop this line.
So this is an ideal kind of set up and say they were playing like this.
You can develop towards the sense of the bishops controlling D5 and say they played this for you, get
this classical sense up and then, OK, they're hitting your opponent, you defend it and then you can
also you've got the classical sense up here, which is the default kind of sets up you want to aim for
in general.
This would be a dreamy sort of set up in general, and your rooks are ready to come to the center.
We can even extend this a little bit further, that we put our rooks towards the center and you get
the idea this is like a golden setup.
It's been referred to sometimes as a kind of golden setup, essentially.
Look at the central control, the light in central control.
Every piece is aimed firing at the central four squares of the chessboard.
There was actually a study by the GROOT'S which said what separates most players from lesser players
is their attention to the center.
So bear that in mind throughout the game that your central control and your difference of central control
between you and your opponent often indicates up to a large part who has the advantage?
This is a dream.
He set up just a fictional game here to show, you know, ideally you'd really emphasize central control
by playing like this.
And it does create lots of opportunities later for all sorts of attacks.
So this is a dream setup to aim for in general.
In general, if your opponent wasn't contesting the center and you've got all sorts of possibilities
for them to worry about.
So central control is a key premise of playing openings which are effective and dangerous for your opponent.
So try and think about the four central squares of the chessboard and how each of your pieces can contribute
to that battle of the center.
OK, the center is like the hill on the battlefield.
For hundreds of years it's been fought that if you have the hill, you can see all around.
It's a strategic advantage to be on the hill, in the chess, on the chessboard that is the hill, that
the four central squares are a very, very good thing to try and have an advantage over the opponent.
OK, that's much.