MIDDLEGAME LESSON 2

The basic difference between the grandmaster and the average player is the average player improves his strong piece whereas the grandmaster improves his worse piece.So if you want to improve your game you have to learn  how to improve your worse piece.As chess is a team game activity of every piece counts so if one of your piece is not taking active part in the game it will effects your whole position so no piece should be left alone. 

What is worse piece?

The piece that is not taking active part in the game whether in attack or defence can be termed as worse piece.

We will look how different pieces can be termed as worse piece.

KNIGHT

It can be worse when it is on corner or it do not have any good square to go it is blocked by its own fellow piece or pawn

BISHOPS

It can be worse when the position is closed or the pawns are of the same colour as bishop particularly its own central pawns and it is inside the pawn chain or his way has been obstructed by the opponents pawn

QUEEN

It can be worse when he did not have any good squares to go or it has chances of getting trapped

ROOK

It can be worse when it has no open  or half open file or it is not taking active part in the position.

Now we will see all this points with examples.

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The solutions are 

So i suppose you have got an idea how important it is to improve your worse piece and how effective it is to improve your worse piece.These positions are taken from the book Positional play by  Jacob Aagard.Also we should look for the worse piece in opponents camp and try to take advantage of it.So never underestimate the power of worse piece.