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The rules for playing against an IQP are logically the opposite of how you should play with an IQP:
A game with the best Knights in the world ever And a game with more Knight forks in it than most!
A Bad Bishop is a Bishop hampered by its own pawns. If it’s your only piece, or one of a few pieces remaining, it can lose you the game (Bernstein-Mieses) If your position overall is good, you can tolerate a poor Bishop in the mix. Several defences ask Black to put up with a bad…
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Development is the opening task of getting your pieces off the back rank and into the game. Develop your minor pieces first, towards the centre Get your King out of the centre by castling early on Hold back your Queen until or unless it can’t be bothered by the enemy pieces. The Queen is the…
A Bad Bishop is a Bishop hampered by its own pawns. If it’s your only piece, or one of a few pieces remaining, it can lose you the game (Bernstein-Mieses) If your position overall is good, you can tolerate a poor Bishop in the mix. Several defences ask Black to put up with a bad…
