Fundamental on Yang's Notes

1. First Principles: Endings, Middle-game and Openings

yang@yhu.me (Yang Hu) — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 16:16:44 -0800

Single pawn
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The King should be in front of his Pawn, with at least one intervening square.
Advance the King as far as possible with the safety of the pawn, and never to advance the Pawn until it is essential to its own safety.

Other Pawn Endings
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ℹ️ Don't push pawns prematurely

don’t push the pawn prematurely, which may send it to the opponent’s King, and you can’t protect it.

In this position, if white pushes the f-pawn, the game draws because ... Kf7. White is better to move his King and force the Black king to the corner, with help from g6 push, controlling the f7 square .

4. General Theory

yang@yhu.me (Yang Hu) — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 22:12:23 -0800

Lichess study of this chapter
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The initiative
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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.

5. End Game Strategy

yang@yhu.me (Yang Hu) — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 22:26:15 -0800

Lichess study of this chapter
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The sudden attack from a different side
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Similar to general theory, the idea is to first attacking on one side, then, with greater mobility of the pieces, quickly transfer attack to the other side and break through, before the opponent can respond.

Fundamental on Yang's Notes

1. First Principles: Endings, Middle-game and Openings

Single pawn #

Other Pawn Endings #

4. General Theory

Lichess study of this chapter #

The initiative #

5. End Game Strategy

Lichess study of this chapter #

The sudden attack from a different side #

Single pawn
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Other Pawn Endings
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Lichess study of this chapter
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The initiative
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Lichess study of this chapter
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The sudden attack from a different side
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