when you make a board in forums how do you draw lines and highlight squares in them?
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Sea_TurtIe wrote:
when you make a board in forums how do you draw lines and highlight squares in them?
Settings -> Boards and Pieces -> Make sure "Highlight Moves" is checked (I believe that's the setting).
Then, when you're posting a board, put in your moves first. Afterward, go back through your moves and right click and drag to make arrows. When you post the board after that, the arrows/squares should still be there.
Right click to highlight squares. Right click + drag to make arrows.
Left click to erase highlights/arrows.
Jun 3, 2023
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In this sort of position (from IronSteam's post above), I as Black would have laid out my defense a bit differently... with the e-Pawn on e5 instead of e6, and the Knight on e7 instead of f6. That offers maximum resistance to White's d3-d4 idea, and gives the c8-Bishop a good square on e6.
This sort of thing:
Jun 3, 2023
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#229
Sea_TurtIe wrote:
just play it like a botvinnik english:?
Sure.
In such a semi-closed position, the tempo (playing Black instead of White) means little... especially since White probably wasn't ready for a Botvinnik and probably hasn't made the most accurate piece and Pawn deployment.
After completing his deployment, Black has three possibilities of active play which he can choose between or combine: the f7-f5 break, the b7-b5 break, or (in some cases) the d6-d5 break.
Well, Black has different options. But I wouldn't play ...b5 as it blocks the bishop's pin on the d3 pawn that Black just created.
Something like this comes to mind:
Playing with the tension on the d3 pawn, and then also finding another point of activity: the f4 square.
Knight to e5 is a maneuver I avoided when I was lower-rated, as I didn't like "doubling my pawns". But doubled pawns in these kinds of structures can often be useful - they can help restrain your opponent's pawns from advancing, and can open useful files for your rooks.