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Short lessons and openings to study between games.
The Italian Game1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 — fast development and an early eye on f7.
The French Defense1.e4 e6 — solid, a little cramped, and full of pawn-break ideas.
Basic checkmatesKing and queen, king and rook: the patterns you must never miss.
Pawn structureIsolated, doubled, passed — how the pawns decide the middlegame.
Knight outpostsPlant a knight where no pawn can touch it and the board tilts your way.
Reading the endgameOpposition, the square rule, and when to push the passed pawn.