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Why does counterattacking lead to a more drawish and less dynamic position than defending？
You can hardly conclude from these two examples that counterattacks are more likely to lead to a drawish position. Would you conclude that too by looking at a King's Indian position, which is a ...
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Why does counterattacking lead to a more drawish and less dynamic position than defending？
Why does counterattacking lead to a more drawish and less dynamic position than defending？
The obvious answer is, of course, that both your assumptions are wrong. 3 ply into the game where neutral ...
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Why does counterattacking lead to a more drawish and less dynamic position than defending？
Actually, both of these are defending. White's threat is to win a pawn, and both 2... Nc6 and 2... Nf6 are aiming to diffuse that threat: one by preventing White from taking the pawn in the first ...
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