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How
to Play: Tips from the Experts #1
These three scenarios are based on one of the featured games
from the 2004 world championship. Players happen to be concentrating
attention on one side of the board. In each of these scenarios,
white has made a move and black needs to consider its response.
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White
has moved its Knight forward to threaten black's Bishop
and Pawn.
State of play for white: Wt.
could take bk.Bishop and then move to the inside rank
to attack bk.Queen on its next move. Wt.Knight would be
protected by wt.Pawn, so could ignore bk.Rook, but not
reserve bk.Bishop. But for bk.Queen, wt.Knight could fork
a check and capture a Rook.
State of play for black: Bk's immediate priority is to
protect its forward Bishop and prevent wt. from advancing
its forward Pawn. Pulling the threatened bk.Bishop back
one cell seems to be the best option. |
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White
has moved its Knight forward to protect its Pawn.
State of play for white: The wt.Pawn on the outside rank
is vulnerable, and wt. must avert an attack on the (third)
open rank. Wt's main problem is that its Queen is out
of play, and must be brought into the game. The forward
wt.Knight and wt.Bishop need to stay put for the time
being.
State of play for black: Bk.
must anticipate white moving its forward Rook to the (third)
open rank, and needs to counter this tactic by moving
the Rook and Queen onto that rank. The forward Rook must
block the wt.Pawn's advance. |
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White
has advanced the Pawn on the outer rank to protect the
white Rook.
State of play for white: Wt.
could take the Pawn with wt.Knight, and threaten bk.Queen.
If bk.Bishop takes wt.Knight, then wt.Rook moves to the
inner rank for check, but wt. will have to sacrifice its
Queen to protect the King from bk.Rook. The best option
may be a Rook trade-off.
State of play for black: Bk. must protect its last Rook.
Moving it and the Queen to the outer rank makes a late
charge on wt.King possible. But wt.Rook will take bk.Knight,
and wt.Knight could scupper bk's escape plan. |
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