How to play with KNIGHTS
A game with the best Knights in the world ever
And a game with more Knight forks in it than most!
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A weakness is typically a pawn that can be attacked (Chekhover-Rudakowsky) or a square that can be used (a hole or outpost) (Smyslov-Rudakowsky) [Sorry, Master Rudakowsky!] The King’s position can be weak, when an attack is more likely to succeed (Tarrasch-Mieses) The principle of two weaknesses in the endgame says that one weakness may not…
Don’t play Old Stodge. A lot of you play Old Stodge. This is Old Stodge. Don’t play Old Stodge Why? It’s usually blocked and difficult and boring, and your Rooks will sulk for a long while about being left out. You need to swap some pawns and (half-)open a file to get your Rooks working….
A Knight outpost is a nice fairly central square for a Knight that the opponent cannot, or dare not, swap off or drive away. Teichmann Pegararo and Smyslov show how to use such outposts: Click […] to see list of games
The member of a pawn majority which doesn’t have an opposing pawn in front of it, and is a likely passed pawn I sometimes call them princesses: maybe a Queen one day!
Rules for attacking