http://www.chesslodge.com/2006/11/complex-of-squares/ Free lessons on chess strategy Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:16:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.chesslodge.com/2006/11/complex-of-squares/#comment-1812 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:06:53 +0000 http://www.chesslodge.com/2006/11/complex-of-squares/#comment-1812 [...] I was annotating this game for Chessdom, and since there were some wonderful ideas in the unbalanced endgame, I decided to share them here. [...] […] I was annotating this game for Chessdom, and since there were some wonderful ideas in the unbalanced endgame, I decided to share them here. […]

]]> http://www.chesslodge.com/2006/11/complex-of-squares/#comment-31 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 04:38:44 +0000 http://www.chesslodge.com/2006/11/complex-of-squares/#comment-31 [...] Read also “Complex of Squares”. Posted in Lessons | Trackback | del.icio.us | Top Of Page Print This Post | EMail This Post [...] […] Read also “Complex of Squares”. Posted in Lessons | Trackback | del.icio.us | Top Of Page Print This Post | EMail This Post […]

]]> http://www.chesslodge.com/2006/11/complex-of-squares/#comment-5 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 05:47:07 +0000 http://www.chesslodge.com/2006/11/complex-of-squares/#comment-5 [...] Crucial move! You might wonder why is white “wasting his time” with pawn move when we said above that he is behind with development? Shouldn’t he do something about it? The answer is in transformation after white has blocked the center with d5. It is much harder to create concrete threats while game is temporary closed. On that note, black cannot open it now with 13… fxe4 14. Nxe4 because his light squares are horribly weak and Ne4 will be wonderfully placed on e6. If black tries to prevent Ng5 with 14… h6, white has 15. h5! g5 and Bg7 is locked forever. h4-h5 is key against black’s aggression on king side. Another good feature of h4 is that white can play Bh3 and exploit all of the weak light squares - see also previous post Complex of Squares. [...] […] Crucial move! You might wonder why is white “wasting his time” with pawn move when we said above that he is behind with development? Shouldn’t he do something about it? The answer is in transformation after white has blocked the center with d5. It is much harder to create concrete threats while game is temporary closed. On that note, black cannot open it now with 13… fxe4 14. Nxe4 because his light squares are horribly weak and Ne4 will be wonderfully placed on e6. If black tries to prevent Ng5 with 14… h6, white has 15. h5! g5 and Bg7 is locked forever. h4-h5 is key against black’s aggression on king side. Another good feature of h4 is that white can play Bh3 and exploit all of the weak light squares - see also previous post Complex of Squares. […]

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