MIDDLEGAME TIPS: tip030
* If the pieces don’t suggest what plan you must adopt, the Pawns will.
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ENDGAME TIPS: tip017
ByDJCA14. A rook on the seventh rank is worth a pawn.
Knights on e5 (or e4)
ByDrDaveAt 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…
OPENING TIPS: tip010
ByDJCA(Hort) 10. With the help of your pawns, try to get an advantage in space and weaken your opponent’s pawn position.
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Adolf Anderssen
ByDrDaveAdolf Anderssen was the best player in the world for a lot of his life, but was never ‘World Champion’ because there was no official match or organisation to arrange an official match. But from the time he won the 1851 London Tournament (the first ever international chess tournament), he was recognised as being the…