Strengthening your position or weakening the opponent's? - Chess Forums

Samurai-X

Apr 3, 2011

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#1

If there are two moves: one strengthens your position and another, equally, weakening your opponent's position, which do you play?

NimzoRoy

Apr 3, 2011

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#2

Beats the hell out of me - this depends on each position as it arises, I don't see how anyone can generalize here. There's also the minor detail about me rarely being in a position where I can actually do one or the other when it's my move

Samurai-X

Apr 3, 2011

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#3

Unless it's a 50 50 between these two, one is going to better more often than another. I think it probably depends on the stage of the game (opening, middlegame, and endgame).