The fourth element: the harmony of pieces

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You know the four main elements in chess ? The first three  are clear:

1. Space          =           the chessboard

2. Material      =            the pieces

3. Time           =           piece moves


But what could be the fourth? According to the famous chesstrainer GM Suetin it is:

4. harmony of pieces

 

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Here a game from the just finished IM-tournament in Dortmund / Germany between two 22-year old players, where the fouth element became decisive

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After the opening black had a small lead in development. But the endgame with the different-coloured bishops looked very drawish.

 Nevertheless Black organized a masterfully pieceplay. In contrast to this white pieces suffered the whole game under a lack of harmony. It became  the decisive difference in that game

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At the end I inserted an optional move instead of the game move , because it would have been a more classical end of that "perfect" game.