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postalpeet 03-Jun-15, 13:51	Some principals of aggressive play 1. Always create a threat with your move Creating a threat with every move is one of the most important principles of attacking chess. If your move possesses a threat, your opponent will have a much harder time realizing his own plans since he would have to utilize his resources to deal with the threats first. Always try to find a move that threatens your opponent’s safety. 2. Exploit your opponent’s weaknesses Weaknesses come in different shapes and forms. Often, they need to be created before you can fully exploit them. If your opponent already has a weakness you need to regroup your forces and attack it. 3. Concentrate your pieces before an attack Before you launch a massive attack, you need to make all necessary preparations. Not preparing the attack is a huge mistake that can turn out to be very costly. By concentrating pieces in the region of the board where you plan to attack, you will have all available resources, increasing the possibility of success. 4. When you’re attacking: open files, ranks and diagonals This is a common sense rule, and still many players ignore that simple idea. If you have an attack in progress, it makes sense to open the position even further to allow your bishops and rooks to take use of that open space. 5. Exchange off key defenders By exchanging off the key defender in the opponent’s position you will make the attack much stronger. Keep in mind that the key defender is not always the strongest piece. 6. If you have initiative avoid exchanges This rule may seem to contradict with the previous one. Even though you should exchange off the key defenders in the opponent’s position, you should avoid unnecessary exchanges since it will only benefit your opponent. Fewer pieces mean fewer attacking possibilities and fewer things to worry about. 7. Attack on both sides of the board This is a very powerful technique that you should use in your own games. When your opponent was able to defend on one side of the board, you should relocate your pieces on the other side and continue the attack.

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postalpeet
03-Jun-15, 13:51

Some principals of aggressive play

1. Always create a threat with your move

Creating a threat with every move is one of the most important principles of attacking chess. If your move possesses a threat, your opponent will have a much harder time realizing his own plans since he would have to utilize his resources to deal with the threats first. Always try to find a move that threatens your opponent’s safety.

2. Exploit your opponent’s weaknesses

Weaknesses come in different shapes and forms. Often, they need to be created before you can fully exploit them. If your opponent already has a weakness you need to regroup your forces and attack it.

3. Concentrate your pieces before an attack

Before you launch a massive attack, you need to make all necessary preparations. Not preparing the attack is a huge mistake that can turn out to be very costly. By concentrating pieces in the region of the board where you plan to attack, you will have all available resources, increasing the possibility of success.

4. When you’re attacking: open files, ranks and diagonals

This is a common sense rule, and still many players ignore that simple idea. If you have an attack in progress, it makes sense to open the position even further to allow your bishops and rooks to take use of that open space.

5. Exchange off key defenders

By exchanging off the key defender in the opponent’s position you will make the attack much stronger. Keep in mind that the key defender is not always the strongest piece.

6. If you have initiative avoid exchanges

This rule may seem to contradict with the previous one. Even though you should exchange off the key defenders in the opponent’s position, you should avoid unnecessary exchanges since it will only benefit your opponent. Fewer pieces mean fewer attacking possibilities and fewer things to worry about.

7. Attack on both sides of the board

This is a very powerful technique that you should use in your own games. When your opponent was able to defend on one side of the board, you should relocate your pieces on the other side and continue the attack.

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