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Building a Full Repertoire File
A REPERTOIRE FILE is your personal opening book: one prepared answer to each thing opponents actually play. Yours already exists in pieces from this course — now assemble it:
• As WHITE: 1.e4 → Italian setup (c3–d4 plan); vs the Sicilian, French, Caro: one principled scheme each • As BLACK: vs 1.e4 → Caro-Kann; vs 1.d4 → QGD
For each line, the file holds four things: moves to ~8, the IDEA in one sentence, the common opponent mistake + punishment, and one model game.