"Look at this position and tell me what you see..."
Plans Based on a Position
According to our friend Pachman, what distinguishes masters from club players is their ability to deduce the correct plan based on a position. Two examples follow:
Example One
In this game, grandmaster Duras succeeded in occupying the e-file with his major pieces. One way to exploit this positional advantage is to penetrate the 8th rank. He saw the opportunity to do so by sacrificing the exchange on move 35, and infiltrated the enemy camp with rook and queen. With the black king exposed, he evaluated the position resulting from forced moves as won. He needed only to calculate exact moves up up to move 39; beyond that, his intuition and experience led him to believe that checkmate would be in sight when he arrived at the position.
Example Two
Rubinstein demonstrates a series of positional maneuvers: moving the knight towards the outpost on g5, using mate threats to force the weakening of black's pawn structure, targeting loose pieces to tie down enemy pieces in defense, and dominating the open file to enhance piece mobility.
"Look at this position and tell me what you see..."
Plans Based on a Position
According to our friend Pachman, what distinguishes masters from club players is their ability to deduce the correct plan based on a position. Two examples follow:
Example One
In this game, grandmaster Duras succeeded in occupying the e-file with his major pieces. One way to exploit this positional advantage is to penetrate the 8th rank. He saw the opportunity to do so by sacrificing the exchange on move 35, and infiltrated the enemy camp with rook and queen. With the black king exposed, he evaluated the position resulting from forced moves as won. He needed only to calculate exact moves up up to move 39; beyond that, his intuition and experience led him to believe that checkmate would be in sight when he arrived at the position.
Example Two
Rubinstein demonstrates a series of positional maneuvers: moving the knight towards the outpost on g5, using mate threats to force the weakening of black's pawn structure, targeting loose pieces to tie down enemy pieces in defense, and dominating the open file to enhance piece mobility.
Game Three
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