HOW To Understand Chess Openings Instead Of Just Memorizing Them

🔵 My Chessable Courses: https://chessable.com/drcan ♟️ Find me on Chess.com: canka19 ♟️ Find me on Lichess: cantosh 🏆 2022 Chessable Community Author of the Year! https://www.chessable.com/blog/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2022-chessable-awards/ 🏆 2023 Chessable Best Tactics Course of the Year! https://www.chessable.com/fundamental-chess-calculation-skills/course/123333/ Connect on https://twitter.com/Kabadayichess Go Chessable Pro using this link to support the channel: https://chessable.com/drcanpro The paper describing the decomposition method and connection between the opening and the endgame: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267259137_Training_in_chess_A_scientific_approach 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.