Knight Maneuver

"When we start to play chess, we’re always yelled at by our coach if we make a backward move. But there will be moments in chess, when a strategic retreat is the best move, as it can be in life, or in war."

https://chessmood.com/blog/mysterious-backward-moves-with-knights

"What was the b4 Knight doing? Not much right!

Flohr didn’t just retreat the Knight from b4 to c6, but is planning to take him to b8!

And then… 

Now it becomes clear  All of a sudden, instead of playing a normal move like 16...Qe7, which many of us would do, Flohr found this spectacular Knight maneuver. 

Later he managed to stop White’s e4 push and created an attack on the kingside which brought him victory.

The Knight is looking to transfer to the dream square of e3 where it’ll not only defend the weak pawn on c4, but also help to control White’s weak square on d5. At the same time, the Knight from e3 is ready to join the attack on the kingside if needed."

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Great topic Susik! I'm particularly impressed by Carlsen's knight maneuvers in his bullet games. He always seems to find a good square for them, even if that means retreating. And I love confusing my opponent by retreating knights back to their starting squares in order to get to a great square.