Does anyone know wat a catalan opening and a kings indian defense is in chess?
To understand these openings, you first need to appreciate control of the center, which is a somewhat hazy concept regarding the four squares in the center of the board. Pieces in the center of the board can generally cover more territory than pieces at the edges, and are more flexible — able to quickly move to any quadrant where they’re needed. By controlling the center, you prevent such hostile pieces from taking up positions there. Classically, that is to say traditionally, the center is controlled with pawns, ideally with the king and queen’s pawns up two squares and sitting right in this four-square center, attacking and thereby controlling the two squares in front of the pawns. Next, you need to know what a “fianchettoed” bishop is. Classically, after the king’s or queen’s pawn is advanced, a diagonal is opened for the bishop and it will develop (that is, make its first move) along that diagonal. An alternate form of development, that is actually quite ancient in origin, is to m
