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What you'll learn
How to start a game the right way.
A good opening doesn't try to win on move three — it gets you ready to play: pieces out, king safe, center claimed. Do that and you'll reach a healthy middlegame again and again, whoever you face.
We'll learn the three opening goals, walk through two reliable ways to start as White, and learn the famous early-mate trap so you can deliver it AND defend against it.
- Three goals: control the center, develop, castle.
- Two complete White openings, move by move.
- Spot and stop the four-move mate.