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Part One: Material VS Position

  • rubyflyer
  • | Jan 7, 2009
  • | 1532 views
  • | 1 comment

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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  • 3 years ago

    jon01

    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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