By Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Each significant starting is then targeted and analyzed with the emphasis on clarification that's effortless to persist with. exact recognition is paid to traps — either the blunders usually made through amateurs, and the vintage traps, comparable to Greco's and Tarrasch's. "Chess is a video game of figuring out and never of memory," says Znosko-Borovsky, and he promotes the reader's knowing of the openings through discussing goal and plan usually, as opposed to memorization of strikes. these conversant in Znosko-Borovsky's different books, How to not Play Chess and The paintings of Chess blend will rediscover during this ebook Znosko-Borovsky's distinct readability, ease of fashion, and profundity.
"In the educating of chess he may perhaps declare to haven't any superior." — Philip W. Sergeant.
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Tf8, protecting e7 in an oddball manner. f81 Answer: Oddball it is. This is more accurate than 30 . tf6 when Black's king doesn't have access to f6. txg4 .. Question: It looks to me like Black stands worse, despite his extra pawn. Aren't all his pieces tied up? Answer: All except one: his kin g ! �g71 Watch how this guy scales the summit. 33 h4 �f6 34 :d3 h S I Fixing a pawn target o n h4. tg7 36 �e2 35 Th e C a r o - Ka n n: M o ve by M o ve Exercise {planning): H ow can Black make progress? t>e51 Black's king brashly marches into enemy territory all alone.
D3 lLlxf2 and White is in deep trouble. :ac8 19 'it'C2 lLle4!. The knight is immune from prosecution and Black has a strong attack n o matter how White plays it. t2Jbd7 .. Question: Violating a principle? Shouldn't Black just castle? This is the third time the knight moves in the opening. Answer: And the fifth time for White's knight! My rule of thumb for Black: challenge the strong point on es whenever you can. id7 14 c4! ic6 (maybe he should play 14.. :Ue8 19 i.. ::t a d8 2 1 l2Jd4. Miton, Bermuda 2003.
Tbd8. d2 ... Question: Isn't White clearly better? After all Black made a self-inflicted hole on bS. Answer: I think Black is fine. True, he made a hole, but after Black's n ext m ove White, in a strange way, allows Black control over dS. Question: H ow so? White can play c4 kicking out a piece on ds. Answer: True again, but at an incredibly high cost of creating dark-square punctures on cs and b4. lLlbd s! Are you really prepared to play c4 in this position to eject the knight? tbs Question: Why doesn't White try to occupy bs with a knight after 1S lLld4?