Lichess study of this chapter#
The initiative#
White has the move, which means initiative. He tries to first control the center, or obtain some positional advantage, so it’s possible for him to keep on harrassing the enemy.
He only relinquishes the initiative when he gets for some material advantage in return.
Diract attack en masse#
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Attack en masse
Attacks must be carried on with sufficient force to gurantee its success.
Threatend attack#
When there’s no change to directly attack the king, we can demonstrate something on one side, drawing opponent force there, then use greater mobility of our force to switch to the other side and break through.
See Capablanca vs Blanco, 1913
Cutting pieces off the scene of action#
Sometimes we can cut a piece (usually Bishop or Knight) from the scene of actual conflict. See Winter vs Capablanca, 1919.