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Assessing an early c4 against white's Stonewall structure
I made a horrible decision as black in a game, and I do not understand why it's incorrect.
[fen "rn2kb1r/pp2pppp/1q3n2/2pp4/3P1P2/2PQPN2/PP4PP/RNB1K2R b - - 0 1"]
I played c4, Stockfish considers ...
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Why would trading this bad bishop be a bad move?
When running a game I played through the analysis engines, I get that my 12th move, 12.Ba3, was an inaccuracy (-0.3 -> -1.3).
Since my center pawns are on dark squares, I assumed my dark bishop was a ...
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Capturing one bishop
I was just looking for the best move in the position (White to move).
And I thought that capturing the bishop in green square would be the best as it controls
the open a8-h1 diagonal ,but the ...
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What color squares should pawns be on with one bishop left?
This slightly confuses me. If I have one bishop left - let's say it is the light-squared bishop - ss it better for my pawns to be on the light squares or dark squares? Let's assume also that my ...
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