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'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[Evaluation]] * [[Game Phases]] * Middlegame'''
[[FILE:SamuelBakStudyforMiddleGame.jpg|border|right|thumb|[[Arts#:Category:Samuel Bak|Samuel Bak]] - Study for Middle Game, 1990 <ref>[https://valsur.livejournal.com/129416.html Шахматы в искусстве (22 часть) BAK Samuel] by Valerij Surkov</ref> ]]
The '''Middlegame''' is the game phase which happens after the [[Opening|opening]], where the [[Chess Game|game of chess]] literally starts after developing most [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_piece#Minor_piece minor pieces] and to prepare or already achieve [[Castling|castling]]. Quite often due to (double) pushes of the center [[Pawn|pawns]], the basic [[Pawn Structure|pawn structure]] is often already determined during the first moves, sometimes with center [[Pawn Rams (Bitboards)|rams]] involved, already defining which [[Bishop|bishop]] is good or [[Bad Bishop|bad]].
