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In the game Carlsen-Anand (Norway 2013) they got very soon following pawn structure:
As you easily can see it is a better one for white. Black has an backward pawn on d6 and white has the option t... | Read More
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A while ago we have seen that Felix has made some general decisions according to his opening repertoire:http://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-build-up-an-opening-repertoire
Now he starts concretely with 1. b3 e5, which is presumably the most f... | Read More
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We know that rooks need open files. But sometimes it is more effective to let them walk sideways.
Example 1:
Example 2:
Example 3:
Example 4:
Example 1-3 are taken from "Techniques of positional play"( in German ... | Read More
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In the following diagram you can see a very typical pawn structure. White has on the queen side a pawn majority and can create an outside passer, but will this be enough for a win in a pawn endgame? Tal believed and proved it!
So we have see... | Read More
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"In chess, an isolated pawn is a pawn which has no friendly pawn on an adjacent file. An isolated queen`s pawn is often called an isolani. Isolated pawns are usually a weakness because they cannot be protected by other pawns."(wikipedia)
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You know what is a backward pawn? It is a pawn standing behind his neighbour pawn, but without defending support by other pawns
Here in this example d6 is such a backward pawn. Putting a white pawn on e4 you may understand that it could become... | Read More
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In the following endgame White forced a better rook endgame ( with an imprisoned rook) and waited then for the right moment to exchange the rooks. The correct timing was here important, because the direct exchange would have forced a loss. So he f... | Read More
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The limitation of opponent`s pieces is one of the main strategies in chess. In the following examples we will see how rooks put and hold out of use.
Example 1:
Example 2:
Example 3:
Here the rook is already out of use
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Please look at the following position:
It is obvious that White has the better position. Especially the position of the White king is very good. A good moment to force the things. A good moment for a decisive Breakthrough in Center ...
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One always should be ready for improvement of own bad-placed pieces. In the following example the improvement of the misplaced white queen became decisive:
In the following example Black decided to blockade queen side and center. So the fi... | Read More