do

that this needs unpacking please I know many people agree with me and although a lot of coaches try to emphasize the middle game and the other and end game I believe the openings are the most important and also the most interesting part because I mean that's where you start out and I I kind of look at it like you're a painter and you stand in front of an empty canvas and you can just start painting.

But the direction you choose from the first move already limits the ways you can go afterwards, if you know what I mean.

And many people, they just play a few moves because they know them by heart and then say, okay, I play the Sicilian and they kind of forget, why am I playing this opening at all? I mean, they just know the moves, but behind each move, there is a lot of strategy and positional understanding and playing style, everything.

Um...

And also these days, that's why it's easier to say that the openings are the most interesting part.

Because in these days, openings and middle games, they blend completely.

Okay.