Using spacial relationships in chess.

I need some tips on how to increase the perfmance level of my game. My coach said one good thing to learn would be to understand space in the game. I'm a fairly decent chess player even though my rating suggests otherwise but the point is could you guys give me some good guidlines that help me devolpe good spacing preferably in the first 10 moves?

txns

That is not that hard. It is basically the space behind a pawns, more than likely a pawn chain. But this depends on which opening you use at might be temporary.

Hey if your cramped you do not have much space and this can be changed by exchange of pieces. Best thing just avoid this. Now if your opponent has little space. Look to open up a file near his king and advance a knight also.

I say that Space comes into play around 50% of the time as many players on this site want an open game. In which case both sides will have space. Now it will be about control of the center and then wing.

It depends on which opening you play. I found without having examples using an opening you play a bit harder to apply to a game in a complex situation.

The classical method of exploiting an advantage in Space is to use alternating threats on different sectors of the board, attempting to drive the opponent's pieces into a disorganized huddle. Since he has less space than you, his choice of replies is limited and his pieces tend to get in each other's way.

Check out the game given in my post #13 of this thread:

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-analysis/check-out-this-bishop-pressure

That would assume you have the e and d pawns on your 4th rank. In which case that would fall into expoiting an attack on piece that has made bad move or an poorly protected piece. In which you will not have to keep driving pieces back atleast not at the moment. Most likely a wing attack.