This year, Cleveland is limited to just the three middle games at home.
White's strategy after 5 Bc4 is to play for a mating attack in the middle game.
He wants to get to a quiet middle game and see what turns up.
But in the middle game, the piece is usually worth more.
Since the 2-3-2 finals format began in 1985, no home team has won all three middle games.
He was on the stairs, watching us for most of the hands in the middle game.
Whatever you are going to do must be done patiently in the middle game.
Connecting the middle game with the opening is particularly difficult.
In Go, do you trade thickness for influence, and just when does the middle game begin?
But the strength of these pieces in the middle game became quickly evident.