How to play with ROOKS
To flip the board, click E7 or press keyboard f
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initiative
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How to play with KNIGHTS
ByDrDaveA game with the best Knights in the world ever And a game with more Knight forks in it than most!
Blunders and backwards moves
ByDrDaveAll pieces, except pawns, can move backwards. But because the opponent’s pieces are trying to attack us, we get used to them moving down the board towards us, and our pieces moving up the board in the other direction. So that means, backwards moves are sometimes hard to spot. Here are some junior players missing…
How to play with an IQP
ByDrDaveIf you have an Isolated Queen’s Pawn: Botvinnik does all this so clearly in the following game: