3 Ideas to Play Better in Open Center Positions

June 19, 2018 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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In this instructive video lesson, RCA guest coach IM Mateusz Kolosowski explains how to play in open center positions.

Sometimes, it’s quite confusing when both you and your opponent do not have any pawns in the central d- and e-files, right? Because there is an open center, you might not be sure where to attack.

In this video lesson, IM Mat will share with you 3 key ideas to play well in such positions, with an illustrative example of Vishy Anand’s game.

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