Why would white open with the Kings pawn opening?
It is widely known and repeatedly demonstrated that the player who gains control of the middle four squares of the board will dominate the game. This is because, due to their central location, many pieces have to move into that region of the board; it is the most vital of positions on the board. When white opens by moving a pawn to e4, the white player is staking an early and immediate claim to the center squares, already controlling one square but, more importantly, in position to capture any piece that black may want to place in d5. If black makes no response to this opening, the white player can then play 2. d4 (promoting the pawn in front of the queen two rows), making a complete dominance of the center four squares of the board and essentially putting black in a world of hurt. The black player has no way to immediately move onto the board center without developing a number of pieces, allowing white to construct a more long-term offense that would almost assuredly defeat the laggin
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