Usuall ramming a rooks pawn down the board is enough to create weaknesses, and then you can exploit those weaknesses.
that's a good method in some cases. I run into trouble with that when I'm castled on the same side of the board, though.
For attacking a fianchetto you realy need to be on the other side of the board. Here is the quintessential attack on that bishop.
Thanks OMG, that was excellent.
So the lesson here is to trade off the bishop, and open the h file.
Just make sure that you are not over eagerly chasing the king around, if there is an opening elsewhere in his play, attack there instead.
One of my biggest issues in chess is trying to invade an enemy king's castle. Can anyone provide some tips on the matter? I've been in situations where I've had tons of material in the area that's been pointed at my opponent's bunker, but I haven't been able to do anything with it.
I know how to try to set up a back row mate on occasion, but that's about all I've got. The situation becomes almost insurmountable for me when the castle involves a fianchetto.
If you guys have any diagrams to go with your tips, that'd be really great :). I'm not necessarily looking for anything excessively tactical or tricky, just solid and commonly-occuring ways of dismantling my opponent's defenses.
Thanks :).