5 rules of positional chess every player must know
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5RulesofPositionalChessEveryPlayerMustKnowWrittenbyYuryMarkushinSunday,16November201421:25
Mostchessgamesaredecidedinthemiddlegamewherethemainactiontakesplace.Intheopeningplayersjustdeliverpiecesandputtheirkingtosafetypreparingforanassault.Therearethreemostfundamentalchesselementsthatdecidelevelofaplayer:positionalunderstanding,combinationalvisionandcalculatingability.
Inordertoplaychessatthehighlevelyouneedtopossessallthreeoftheseelements.Thebetteryouunderstandthemthebetteryoucanperformovertheboard.Todaywewillprimarilyfocusonthepositionalunderstanding,thefirstandprobablythemostimportantelementofchessmastery.
Positionalunderstandingistheabilitytoquicklyevaluatethepositionandcomeupwithaplan.Itsuggestsaplayerifheneedstoaimforadraworawin.Positionalunderstandingalsotellsaplayerwhentodefendandwhentoattack.
Aplayerwithagoodpositionalunderstandingcancomeupwithanadequateplanandalsoestimatethechanceofsuccess.Shpilmanwaswritinginhisbookthataplayerwhohasasuperiorpositionalunderstandingwillwinthegamebecausehewontbewastingtimetocalculatebadvariations,butwillonlyfocusonstronglines.
Wewilldiscuss5positionalrulesasformulatedbySteinitz:
Rule1.
Inchess,theattackingsidealwayswins.Ofcourse,thereareexceptionstothisrule.Thedefensivesidecanwinonlyiftheattackingsidemakesaterribleblunderorlosesontime.Inthefirstcase,thedefensivesideandtheattackingsidesimplyswitchroles.
Rule2.
Aplayershouldonlyattackifhispositionissuperior.Ifthepositionisinferioranyattackingattemptswillonlymakeitworth(assumingthecorrectresponsefromtheotherside).Therefore,firstaplayersneedstoimprovehispositionandonlythenattack.
Ifyouhaveasuperiorpositionyoumustattack,otherwiseyouropponentwillrecoverandwillgettheinitiative.
Rule3.
Whenyouaredefendingyourpositionyoushouldtrytokeepthepositionstablebutyourmaingoalsupposedtobestartingacounterattack.However,ifyoustartittooearlyortoolatethegamemaybelost.Timingisveryimportanthere.
InordertodevelopapositionalunderstandingitisnecessarytogoovertheannotatedGMchessgame,andtothinkwhycertainmovesweremade.Onlywhenyouputyourselfinthetheplayer'sshoesyouwillbeabletofullyunderstandtheproblemshewasfacinginthegameandyourwillbeabletoimproveyouownchess.That'sexactlywhatyoucandobystudyingourtrainingcourse.
Rule4.
Therearetwomaintypesofattackinchess:
Tacticallycombinational(meaningthatthereisacontactbetweenthepiecesofbothsides,manythreats,andsharplines).
Strategicallymaneuvering(meaningthatthereisnodirectcontactbetweenthepiecesofbothsides,thegameismoreofapositionalmaneuveringnature,ratherthansharp,calculatedtacticalhits).
Whatapproachdoyouneedtouseinyourgames?Thereisnostraightanswerforthatquestion.Thetypeofattackisdecidedbythetypeofthepositionandpersonalpreferencesoftheplayer.
Rule5.
Theadvantageinthepositionmayconsistofoneundividedadvantageormultiplesmalleradvantages.Thegoalofeachsideistoplayandtoaccumulatesmaller,positionaladvantages,toultimatelywinthegame.Itmakessensetoattackyouropponentintheweakestpointofhisposition.Thatsoundssimple,butmanyplayersdisregardthisruleandfailtowin.
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#1GlenwellMalgas 2014111711:33Awesome,straightonpoint.Icannowsee,whereIhavegonewrongallthetime.ThanxtoYuri,Ihaveallreadyintwogamesonlytoblunderanddrawthelast.Butmistakesaredryingup,yipee!!HopeIcangetmyratingto1900!!
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