This is kind of like magic to me. Once they show you it becomes obvious :) :(
Can someone point out a good/easy strategy that a player can mentally train/use to decide what is the best move here for black?
Note: Guys, there is a best move for black there can lead to a checkmate later. The goal is not to find it, but to come up with a procedure to find it so it can be applied to other positions.
a4
and a weird bishop onb1
. On the other hand white has an extra pawn, and if they can consolidate and improve piece coordination they will be better. Which means that black has to strike NOW. – Dag Oskar Madsen Mar 17 '15 at 11:04