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</> =============================================== Chess TACTICS:

</> the Textbook Move is …

</> Gambits What Is a Gambit? | Chess www.ChessNYC.com

</> Classic Moves & Countermoves

</> Freedom to Maneuver

</> Decoy

</> to Deviate from the Better-known Paths if there exists an Advantage to me.

</> Type Positions & Type Combinations

</> After the Smoke of Battle has cleared away: …

</> ============================================== Chess OFFENSE:

</> White moves First -> White has the Initiative

</> Preponderance of Force is held

</> Attack at the Weak Points & Positions

</> Capture more Valuable Pieces than your Opponent

( ) Stronger Pieces -> better chances to win

( ) Capture with less valuable ones

( ) Trade lesser value piece for more valuable piece

</> Material Advantage

</> Positional Advantage

</> Pressing my Advantage

</> Possession of the Next Move ~> can Win the game

</> Sudden Change of Tactics to Take the Initiative Manoeuvering

</> Act on the Side that I have the Preponderance of Force

</> Blocking = Blocked Pieces

( ) Piece(s) are Pinned / Blocked / Fixed / Tied-up from movement

Piece is Out-of-Play, & Material Valuation increases/decreases

</> 1 Unit that Holds 2 Force of One is holding back a Force of Two

</> Positional Move to Act as a Wedge

<> Remove the Defender

</> Fork

</> Double Threat

</> Double Checks

</> Attrition

</> Both Sides of the Board: Gain the Upper Hand, while Holding off the Opponent

</> Blocked Piece/Pawn ~> more Points toward the Blocker

( ) Blocked Material is Out-of-Action, effectively

</> Smothered Mate

</> Push, Capture, or Ignore

</> Forcing Moves = Force a Move

</> to have the Opposition

( ) Adversary is forced to move, & I make way for him

( ) My Advantage over my Opponent

</> Masked Attack against the King

</> Deep-laid Trap Chess Traps List https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_traps>

Sneakiest Chess Piece?

Knight can intrude on enemy territory and tear it apart from the inside.

Knight can Fork two pieces

Remember where every Bishop and Knight is on the board.

Beginners' Openings and Tactics - GM Varuzhan Akobian - 2013.01.13

</> ============================================== Chess DEFENSE:

</> Forces are Balanced on both sides of the board

</> Build a Barrier Behind the Pawns Formations

</> Discovered Attack

</> Hole in Black's Position

</> Trapped Piece

</> Fall into a prepared Trap

</> Cramped Pieces / Position

</> Conservative Play vs. Risky Play vs. Defensive Play

<cx:> Doubled Pawn Disadvantage, usually

( ) Center Pawns Doubled can be advantageous

</> Distant Frontal / Diagonal / Lateral Opposition

( ) Kings are always on the same Colour, with 1 intervening square

( ) Player who moved Last has the Opposition

( ) # of intervening Squares is Even => Next Mover has the Opposition

( ) # of intervening Squares is Odd => Last Mover has the Opposition

</> can Pass = Waiting Move

( ) King move, that does not move any other Pieces

</> Deflection

</> Faultless Defence = First-Class Defence / CounterAttack

King is under direct attack?

Exchange as many pieces as possible.

Exchange your opponent's Queen. Queen by itself can Not deliver Checkmate.

</> Trotsky Line in chess?

Trotsky Line Rule: If the pawn is blocked by White's Knight on the line or before it, than White is winning.

We can stalemate with two Knights so if he has pawn we have a chance to checkmate him.

<cx:> ==================================== Chess TACTICAL ERRORS:

<cx:> Avoid Gross Errors

(cx:) _

<cx:> Top 8 Chess Mistakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzG-mJgj-E4

<cx:> Grandmasters Blunder? Blunder (chess) - Wikipedia

Tactical Oversight, Time trouble, Overconfidence, or Carelessness.

</> ======================================== Chess TRADING PIECES:

</> Trade Pieces, when to = Exchange The exchange (chess) - Wikipedia

</> Exchange Queens to increase the chances of Drawing / not losing

</> =========================================== Chess SACRIFICING:

</> Sacrifice = Sacrificing to Win Sacrifice (chess) - Wikipedia

cx: Never Sacrifice a Rook nor a Queen, unless Checkmate is immediate

</> very Clever Sacrifice

</> ============================================== PAWNS TACTICS:

</> Ruy Lopez, 4 & 3 Knights, Giuoco Piano Defenses

</> French Defense = d4 & e4

</> Sicilian Defense

</> Dutch Defense

</> Pawn Formations = d4 & e4

( ) Pawn Wedge Formations: 3 on a diagonal, 1 back of "V"

(cx:) V & Inverted-V Pawn & Doubled Pawns Formations ~> Holes

</> Castled Pawns Formations

</> Prevent the Pawn from coming Up Level

</> Pawns are Strongest when they are Farther from their Base of Operation

</> Pawns are Weakest when they are Nearer to their Base of Operation

( ) Offensively vs. Defensively played

</> Pawn Weak Targets = f2 & f7

<cx:> Isolated Pawns Isolated d-Pawn

<x> Pawn Race to a Queen

( ) Advance the Pawn that is Free from Opposition

( ) Counting / Count the # of Moves to Queening

</> Diagonal Pawns Formation

<cx:> "V-shaped" Pawns Formation

( ) Opponents can be placed safely in-between your Pawns

<cx:> Broken Pawns Formations

( ) Opponents can be placed safely in-between your Pawns

</> Doubled Pawns

</> ============================================== ROOKS TACTICS:

</> _

</> ============================================ KNIGHTS TACTICS:

</> f5 is most powerful Position for the Knight's attack on Castled King

</> Poorer the Player, the Knights are much less useful to them

</> Knight is more Powerful than a Bishop if:

( ) Blocked Position, + all Pawns are on 1 side of the Board

</> Octopus Knight

Strongly positioned Knight in Enemy Territory is an Octopus. Centrally placed Knight can reach eight squares like an octopus with eight tentacles.

</> ============================================= BISHOPS TACTICS:

</> Commands distant parts of the Board quickly

</> Bishop on White/Black Squares

( ) I keep my Pawns on Opposite Colour Squares

( ) they keep their Pawns on Same Colour Squares

</> Bishop can Stalemate a Knight

(cx:) Knight cannot stalemate a Bishop

</> =============================================== QUEEN TACTICS:

<cx:> Queen out in Opening, before Pieces brought out

<cx:> Queen Sacrifices

</> ================================================= KING TACTICS:

<x> CASTLING

</> Discovered Check

</> Double Check

</> Checkmate in the Next Few Moves - evaluations

(x) Opening Game Checkmates are futile.

<> King Safety Suicide is illegal

<> Don't just Check

</> Endgame: King is Aggressor, & Pawn-Protector

</> ============================================ Chess POSITIONING:

<x> Control the Center

(x) Move Center Pawns early

(x) Move Knights & Bishops early

(x) Castle early

(x) more Mobility than on the wing

</> Reading the Board = Exigencies of the Positions

</> to Act with more Freedom

<> Desperado Sacrifices & Zwischenzug

</> Element of Time

</> Opponent's each Move alters Tactics, Look Opponent has a Plan, too.

</> ================================================= Chess What-ifs:

</> Take Back Last Move / All Moves

<cx:> Tactical Errors

</> =============================================== Chess MASTERS:

<cx:> =============================================== Chess CHEATS:

<cx:> "Chess Hustling", Old-fashioned Hustler's Tactics

(cx:) Subterfuge on OTB (Over The Board) Chess Games.

(cx:) Ottawa, Canada: Street/Mall Chess. Sandbagger. Brag about your Skill Set. Distraction talk to waste his time, & decrease his concentration. Place Piece in Square + part of adjacent square for him to adjust position. Smartphone Time Clock rotated 180`.

(cx:) Jerald Times, NYC Parks: Gangster-style Chess. Trash-talking. Verbal Lashings. Speed Chess. Slamming Pieces. Sucker Bets for Money. Snatching Opponent's Pieces. Hardened. Street-wise. Daring Moves. Mental Hardness. …

(cx:) Patzer = hopelessly bumbling Novice. Knights called Horsies.

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