All Questions
Tagged with positional-play attack
5 questions
3
votes
2
answers
186
views
When is it worth it to sacrifice a knight or bishop in order to force the opponent to move the king down a rank and lose castling rights?
Specifically, I'm confused why the game review on chess.com says this move was a blunder:
I did end up losing the knight, but that's what I expected to happen. I did it on purpose to force the king ...
2
votes
1
answer
444
views
What's the benefit to attacking f7 or f2 during the opening?
I remember a specific chess.com lesson on common openings, and it seems like one of the most common and safest openings is to take control of the center with the king and queen pawns and the attack ...
2
votes
1
answer
175
views
How should white push for advantage in the Nimzowitsh attack of the Petrov's defense?
This line of the Petrov defense can often lead to opposite side castling and the general rule for that is attacks happening on both sides of the board. However, I noticed that it's very difficult to ...
- 2,158
3
votes
0
answers
70
views
Life imitates chess: is a player' style of play determined by personality and can style of play be altered? [closed]
There's a popular saying along the lines of "life imitates chess", my understanding is that cool, calm and collected players like Karpov will tend to opt for positional play while unsettled skittish ...
- 1,886
4
votes
6
answers
322
views
How could I have improved my attack in this game?
I won the game easily because my opponent left a rook hanging in the end. I believe I missed opportunities to build a stronger attack, but I am not sure how I could have done so.
[FEN ""]
1.d4 e5 2....
- 49