HOW To Understand Chess Openings Instead Of Just Memorizing Them – Dr. Can’s Chess Clinic #5

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The paper describing the decomposition method and connection between the opening and the endgame:

I should also mention two effective methods to gain understanding of our openings:

– looking at model games from our openings – perhaps from chess classics where a middlegame plan was clearly illustrated.
– studying master games from similar pawn structures – even guessing the moves along the way.