How Piece Coordination and Pawn Structure give you the Initiative?

April 26, 2018 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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How does the opening structure affect your middlegame plans? What middlegame plans should you look for after the opening stage? To be more precise, in what way the opening structure connects to the middlegame and how you can think about setting up the right plan for any opening structure, despite knowing or not knowing the actual opening theory.

In this video, RCA guest coach IM Valeri Lilov will explain to you why it is important for you to consider each stage of a chess game differently and play differently according to the situation. Also, he will explain to you the importance of (pawn) structure and piece coordination, and how they give you the initiative.

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