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title: Game of the Week LI- Kollars,Dmitrij (2622) - Safarli,Eltaj (2579)
description: This week’s Game of the Week will clearly demonstrate the following principles:
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**1) In the opening, fight for the center. Although hypermodernists described the possibility of doing this with pieces only, it is better to combine both pawns and pieces in most cases.**

**2) Don't trade your most active pieces without any need if you don't gain another advantage from doing this. The game Fischer,R - Petrosian,T (1-0) is a good example of this.**

https://lichess.org/study/3td9kdBg/8fYuw0bX

**3) Don't play on the side where you are weaker unless necessary.**

**4) Symmetrical positions can hide a lot of possibilities and troubles for both players.**
**The Game of the Week is - Kollars vs. Safarli**

https://lichess.org/study/GWPZqTsb/wGDgUh8T

This is the continuation of the Game of the Week series. All the previous weeks could be found [here](https://www.chess.com/blog/gameofweek). Thank you for reading! If you find any noteworthy games that you think should appear on **Game of the Week**, please send me a message on lichess.org.Please note that **Game of the Week** will cover games played from Saturday to Saturday of each week, and any games played on Sunday will go to the next week. See you next Sunday!
Contributors: Grandmaster Ulvi Bajarani Edited by [Della Almind](https://lichess.org/@/QueenDella)