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Knight move visualization count
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 Knight move visualization countThis is all part of your understanding chess theory more completely.Sometimes,for example,depending upon the position,it may be advantageous or sometimes detrimental to move your Knight 4 times into a position to attack an enemy's piece as opposed to simply attacking with one of your Bishops or maybe a Rook.Why?Many reasons!One of the reasons(and I will eventually give more graphic diagram examples in time),is that in theory,keeping the "initiative" and "tempo" advantage on your side is what you should be striving for in your games.So,if you can get the "job"done just as efficiently with your long range Bishop(especially in an open game)in 1 or 2 moves as opposed to 4 moves using the Knight,this ploy can many times give you the better timing edge to a more solid advantage against your opponents slower,less aggressive moves that have no "pure movement" of well thought out advantageous development.Some players in other words do not know what to move,so they may decide toshuttle an edge pawn,a King move or retreat a Bishop or Knight(losing initiative or tempo).So then,by understanding the math of progression with some of your Knights,theory dictates a stronger probability that you can gain an advantage and hold it with initiative.Makes sense?Or did I lose you?I'll eventually add to this thread as my time permits to make things clearer,but I wanted you to read this intro first. I have found out that many players south of 1500 in rating,fail to visualize Knight moves both on their side and on their enemies side and get shocked or crushed with forks and pins.Counting Knight moves on BOTH sides of the board is extremely important and something that is constantly overlooked,not cared about or understood with players south of 1500 on average...perhaps a bit higher rated players as well.For example,in the fight for tempo and initiative if you know that it will take 4 moves for your opponent to place that Knight of his on one of your weaker empty squares and use it as a springboard for attack and you can move one of your Knights or A Bishop in 2 moves to reinforce that weak square that you have discovered,then,initiating that faster piece movement in a defensive posture tends to "keep"the tempo and initiative on the "+" side of your game as opposed to your opponent. Keep in mind,in addition to square counting,whatever square your Knight is on(light or dark square),it will land on a dark to light square or light to dark square....so then,the actual square color your Knight is "attacking" is the exact same color square it came off of per individual progression. So,here is a link diagram that should easily illustrate what I am explaining: i.imgur.com "In the diagram, the numbers represent how many moves it takes for a knight to reach each square on the chess board from its location on the f5 square. Observing and even memorizing the patterns (diagonally 2-4-2-4-2-4, horizontally and vertically 3-2-3-2-3-2) helps a player to manoeuvre his knight and to avoid his pieces being attacked by an enemy knight. So you just have to remember that squares diagonal to the knight go 2-4-2-4-2-4, and squares horizontal and vertical to the knight go 3-2-3-2-3-2." TA Full, past thread dicussions on this subject: gameknot.com |
