THINKING TIPS: tip064
5. placing pieces without escape routes — Amazia AVNI
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material
ByDrDave“Now I have the pawn and the compensation.” –Roman Dzindzichashvili Material refers to the pieces and pawns on the board. Usually, if you have extra material, you have good chances to win We have a rough rule to work out who is ahead in material: a Knight or Bishop is worth about 3 Pawns; a…
THINKING TIPS: tip149
ByDJCA2. minor details can affect the outcome
MIDDLEGAME TIPS: tip015
ByDJCADon’t play a good-looking move in vague hopefulness: consider what your opponent’s reply might be.
Emanuel Lasker
ByDrDaveSteinitz could do everything well, and Lasker beat Steinitz. So what was Lasker doing? We are used to seeing the many photos of Lasker taken when he was an old man, but we must notice that Lasker was a young man when he beat Steinitz in 1894. So age may have had something to do…
OPENING TIPS: tip026
ByDJCA(Fine) 5. Make one or two pawn moves in the opening, not more.
ENDGAME TIPS: tip042
ByDJCA3. With only one Pawn advantage, you will win if you can use it to gain more material – it is not usually enough just to advance the Pawn. Often one Pawn advantage is thought to be a theoretical draw, although the practical difficulties may be very great. Winning by the advance of the Pawn may be won because it allows entry with the King, or causes distraction from one vulnerable side, or allows simplification into a known won ending.