How to play against an IQP
The rules for playing against an IQP are logically the opposite of how you should play with an IQP:
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How many moves can you think ahead?
Can you find and set up knight forks? 1 move deep [Event “analysis: visualisation”] [Site “analysis: visualisation”] [Date “1997.??.??”] [Round “1”] [White “knight fork combination”] [Black “one move deep”] [Result “1-0”] [SetUp “1”] [FEN “r3k3/3n4/1p6/3N4/2R2P2/4K3/8/8 w q – 0 1”] [PlyCount “0”] {Easy enough I hope: if you know the pattern, it should jump out…
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Winning one square at a time
Study on the black keys Adventure in space
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How good is your chess? 3
Can you guess White’s moves in this game? It doesn’t matter if you don’t get them all — the main thing is to have a good reason for everything you play, and you don’t miss any chances for either side! Choose: Nc3 / Nf3 / Qb3 / Qc2? Nc3 / e4 / O-O / Bg5…
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How to play with BISHOPS
[p]Bishops love attacking along open lines, like Black does in this game: [p]That was also an example of Black getting ahead in development. [p]Bishops are usually very strong if the opponent doesn’t have a Bishop of the same colour to oppose it. [p]It’s not easy to make use of a Bishop if the position is…
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How to play with your QUEEN
At the start of the game, just move the Queen off the back rank to connect the Rooks. Only throw the Queen into an attack if the enemy pieces can’t bother it. Here are some amazing Queen moves from a top computer game:
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Bishop sacrifice and Double Bishop sacrifice
Classic Bishop Sacrifice Harder Bishop Sacrifice Lev Polugaevsky was a difficult opponent for Tal, I think the decisive games went 9-2 in Polu’s favour. So, even if there is a local hot-shot player whom everyone is scared of, maybe you are their difficult opponent. Certainly, you should try to be just that! Tal maybe had…
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Two important endgame ideas
Rooks on the seventh (both if you can) [br]Use your King [br]Do both if you can! Here’s some examples: Click […] to see list of games
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Knights on e5 (or e4)
At Paris in 1933, Tartakower once heard a spectator say about one of Bernstein’s games: “Ces grands-maîtres placent leur[s] Cavaliers à é5 et après les mats découlent d’eux-mêmes!” dit en voyant cette catastrophe un spectateur grincheux.” In English: “These Grandmasters place their Knights at e5, and then the mates follow by themselves!”, said a grumpy…