ENDGAME TIPS: tip087
5. If you have an advantage, leave pawns on both sides of the board.
2. holding on to material advantage
(Hort) 5. Develop flexibly!
“Mecking does not understand the significance of weak and strong squares. I have played him three times. In 1969 he lost to me owing to the weakness of his light squares. A year later he presented me with all the dark squares and again suffered defeat. And in the San Antonio tournament of 1972, Grandmaster…
“During a chess competition a chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk.” — Alexander ALEKHINE
1. Get your pieces out into the centre quickly. The opening is a race to see who can get their pieces out first while keeping at least a share of control of the centre. * This is the main point to remember; all the other rules are just footnotes to this one