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★ Checkpoint: Openings, Gambits & Endgames
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Quiz
Studying openings
Understand vs. memorize.
As an improving player, the best way to study an opening is to:
A
Memorize the first twenty moves of every main line, in exact order.
B
Skip study entirely and improvise everything from move one.
C
Learn only the tricks that win material in the first few moves.
D
Understand its structures, piece placements, and middlegame plans.