Part One: Material VS Position

Submitted by rubyflyer on Wed, 01/07/2009 at 4:27pm.

When most of us learned chess, we were first taught to grab material and have a material advantage. This is not that bad, but playing positonally is usually better. Take a look at the starting position of the example below. You'll quickly notice that black has a material advantage, but is in a terrible position. Go ahead and solve the puzzle, and then check the move list.

 

P.S. If you see a mistake, please comment on it so I can change it.

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by jon01 - 10 months ago
jakarta Indonesia
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 1

The fourth move for white, the King is better to go to Ke4 rather to Kc4, so the King can catch the pawn rather use the bishop.

 

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