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Controlling the center is one of the most crucial ideas in chess, but many players don’t fully understand why. Learn how central pawns, hypermodern strategy, pawn chains, overprotection, and pawn breaks work to improve piece activity, restrict your opponent, and create stronger positional play.
The Austrian Attack is an aggressive way for White to challenge the Pirc Defense. Click here to learn all you need to know to get started!
The Advance Variation is one of the best ways to put the Caro-Kann to the test. Learn what you need to know to put Black under pressure from early in the game.
Return to the basics with the Modern Defense, and you will get a defense that works against virtually every opening move by White. The Modern Defense is a simple, robust, dynamic chess opening leading to exciting games. We got so enamored with openings and caught up in all the glitz and glamor of intricate variations, but at their essence, openings are about reaching a playable middlegame.
