Both sides have equal material, but white plays first, but we will start, as is only natural, with the opening. There are a huge number of books dealing with the details of this, but here we are only concerned with the general principles governing opening play. Each player has three main objectives in the opening:
1) To develop the pieces;
2) To safeguard the king (usually by castling);
3) To exert control over the centre.

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