Remember that the object of the opening is to array your army in the position of maximum readiness. This process is called developmet. To develop a piece is to bring it into play.

You would notice, at the start, the Pawns are already ‘in play’. None of them is obstructed. It is the pieces that are obstructed by the Pawns.

Only two Pawns need be moved to free the Pieces: the two centre Pawns, that is the e-Pawn and the d-Pawn(or King’s and Queen’s Pawns). The moves if these Pawns (at least one of which should be moved two squares) also help to control some of the important central squares. When you cannot or donot play e2-e4, play c2-c4, for subsequent rook development. So with e2-e4 unplayed, dont block your c2 pawn by Nb1-c3.

At the same time , observe that the moves of the centre pawns tend to expose the king. Therefore aim at castling as early as possible (usually on the king’s side, as the King is the further from the center and therefore safer)

            The diagram below shows a position in which both sides have developed their knights, bishops, and queens, and have castled;their back line are now clear for the rooks. This position can be reached by the following eight moves on each side, which constitue a variation of the Giuoco Piano(Quiet Opening). A flaw is that there is no pawn-exchange to open a file for rooks.

            1. e2-e4           e7-e5

            2. Ng1-f3         Nb8-c6

            3. Bf1-c4         Bf8-c5

            4. d2-d3           d7-d6

            5. Nb1-c3        Ng8-f6

            6. Bc1-e3         Bc8-e6

            7. 0-0               0-0

            8. Qd1-d2        Qd8-d7

Diagram1

Diagram 1

You have now played upto the position shown in the diagram 1. Here try

            9. Bc4xe6        f7xe6

            10. Be3xc5      d6xc5

 

Black’s c-pawn and e-pawn are now ‘doubled’ (two on the same file). Doubled pawns are considered weak, especially if ‘isolated’ like black’s e-pawns, that is, the cannot be guarded by another pawn. But here white cannot get at them, and black has effective files for its rook.

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