[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.04.09"] [Round "?"] [White "e4"] [Black "e5"] [Result "*"] [ECO "C50"] [Annotator "Nitzborn,Max"] [PlyCount "16"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.04.09"] {How to start a chess game. 1.Play your pawn in front of the King 2 squares forward. Like e4 and e5. This move opens up for the Queen and Bishop, occupy and control the centre. 2.Develop your Knights before your bishops. Play Nf3 to control e5 and d4. 3.Develop your Bishop on the Kingside. 4.Castle as early as possible. 5.Complete your development. Develop the Queenside. 6.Play the Queen to a safe square. 7.Protect your pawns and pieces. 8.Create a pawn break to open up lines (Files, Ranks and Diagoinals) 9. Do not play your queen early in the game. 10.Do not play the same piece twice in the opening.} 1. e4 { [%csl Rd5,Re4][%CAl Gd1h5,Gf1a6,Re4d5]} e5 {[%csl Rd4,Re5][%CAl Gf8a3,Gd8h4, Re5d4]} 2. Nf3 {[%csl Re5,Rf3][%CAl Rf3e5] White attacks the pawn on e5.} Nc6 { [%csl Ge5][%CAl Gc6e5] Black protects the pawn.} 3. Bc4 {[%csl Rc4,Rd5,Rf7] [%CAl Rc4f7] White develops the bishop, gets ready to castle, controls the centre and attack the f7 weak point.} Bc5 {[%csl Rc5,Rf2,Gf8][%CAl Rc5f2] Black gets the first opportunity to develop the Kingside. Play the Bishop before the Knight to avoid the Fried liver attack.} 4. O-O {Castle as early as possible.} Nf6 {[%csl Re4,Rf6][%CAl Rf6e4] Black needs to play the Knight out as quickly as possible to be able to castle. This move also attacks the e4-pawn.} 5. Nc3 {[%csl Ge4][%CAl Gc3e4] White protects the e4-pawn with the Knight.} O-O {Finally its Black turn to castle.} 6. d3 {[%csl Gc1,Yd3][%CAl Gc1h6,Yd2d3] Play the pawn to develop the Queenside Bishop.} d6 {[%csl Gc8] [%CAl Gc8h3] Black does the same. Played the pawn forward to be able to develop the Queenside Bishop.} 7. Bg5 {[%csl Rc3,Rd5,Rd8,Rf6,Rg5][%CAl Rg5d8, Rc3d5,Rd5f6] White develops the Queenside Bishop with a sting.} Be6 {[%csl Rd5] [%CAl Re6d5] Black has to control the d5 square with the light square bishop otherwise White will damage the Black Kingside which could lead to a devastating Kingside attack.} 8. Qd2 {[%csl Ga1,Gf1][%CAl Ga1f1,Gf1a1] Play the queen to a safe square so that the rooks are linked.} Qe7 {Further recommendations: Try to develop all your pieces. Do not make unnecessary moves with your pieces. In the final position nobody is winning and each side has develop all their pieces. What is the next step? Play for a pawn break to open up lines for attack. Black also plays the queen to a safe square to link the rooks.} *