First 🥇 Steps. 1️⃣e4️⃣e5️⃣✅ Starting a chess ♟️ game 🎮️ with 1️⃣ e4️⃣ e5️⃣ is so common that the resulting complex of opening 😃 systems traditionally commands its own sobriquet, The Open 😃 Games 🎮️ (1️⃣ e4️⃣ met 👤🤝👤 by other replies are Semi 🚛-Open 😃 Games 🎮️ and ➕ everything else comes ⤵️ under Closed 😚 Games 🎮️). The central structure with pawns on e4️⃣ and ➕ e5️⃣ often leads to play ▶️ based around highly classical 🏛️ themes which are the bedrock of successful chess ♟️ understanding.
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