More about pivot points
- You must make your own pieces ready behind your pawns
- This means that your pieces look at the backside of your pawns
- Then you push one or more pawns
- The pawns leave pivot points behind in their wake
- Your minor pieces jump on the pivot point
- From there they threaten sitting ducks
- Your opponent starts to defend these ducks
- In doing so, these pieces start to lose coördination
- By pressing on different ducks, your opponents' pieces start to move all over the shop
- Tactical possibilities start to emerge
There are a lot of parameters that you need to judge:
- When are your pieces "ready"
- Is your opponent more ready than you are?
- How much will your opponent benefit?
- Which pieces op your opponent will be restricted?
- Where are the ducks?
- How is the color balance?
- Do you need to trade to adjust the color balance?
- If it all fizzles out into an endgame, how are your chances?
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r1bq1rk1/3n1pbp/2p1p1p1/3pP3/5P2/1PN5/P1PQ1BPP/R3KB1R b KQ - 0 1
Imagine how the pawnbreak 1. ... f6, eventually followed by the push e6-e5 enlarges the scope of 5 of your pieces dramatically! While white isn't ready yet.
This series of posts gives a clear answer to the question "is chess 99% tactics?". The answer is a resounding "NO!" You need tactics for positional goals. Without a goal, you don't know you when you can make use of a tactic. You sometimes can reach a positional goal without tactics. But usually you need some tactics along the way. But you need to know your goals in the first place.
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ReplyDelete"Imagine how the pawnbreak 1. ... f6, eventually followed by the push e6-e5 enlarges the scope of 5 of your pieces dramatically! While black isn't ready yet."
Is it White that isn't ready for the 1..f6 push?
I corrected it. Thx. While rereading I thought that While was White. My eyesight is declining.
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