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    5RulesofPositionalChessEveryPlayerMustKnow
    WrittenbyYuryMarkushin
    Sunday,16November201421:25

    Mostchessgamesaredecidedinthemiddlegamewherethemainactiontakesplace.Inthe
    openingplayersjustdeliverpiecesandputtheirkingtosafetypreparingforanassault.Thereare
    threemostfundamentalchesselementsthatdecidelevelofaplayer:positionalunderstanding,
    combinationalvisionandcalculatingability.

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    Inordertoplaychessatthehighlevelyouneedtopossessallthreeoftheseelements.Thebetteryouunderstandthemthebetter
    youcanperformovertheboard.Todaywewillprimarilyfocusonthepositionalunderstanding,thefirstandprobablythemost
    importantelementofchessmastery.
    Positionalunderstandingistheabilitytoquicklyevaluatethepositionandcomeupwithaplan.Itsuggestsaplayerifheneedsto
    aimforadraworawin.Positionalunderstandingalsotellsaplayerwhentodefendandwhentoattack.
    Aplayerwithagoodpositionalunderstandingcancomeupwithanadequateplanandalsoestimatethechanceofsuccess.
    Shpilmanwaswritinginhisbookthataplayerwhohasasuperiorpositionalunderstandingwillwinthegamebecausehewont
    bewastingtimetocalculatebadvariations,butwillonlyfocusonstronglines.
    Wewilldiscuss5positionalrulesasformulatedbySteinitz:

    Rule1.
    Inchess,theattackingsidealwayswins.Ofcourse,thereareexceptionstothisrule.Thedefensivesidecanwinonlyifthe
    attackingsidemakesaterribleblunderorlosesontime.Inthefirstcase,thedefensivesideandtheattackingsidesimplyswitch
    roles.

    Rule2.
    Aplayershouldonlyattackifhispositionissuperior.Ifthepositionisinferioranyattackingattemptswillonlymakeitworth
    (assumingthecorrectresponsefromtheotherside).Therefore,firstaplayersneedstoimprovehispositionandonlythenattack.

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    Ifyouhaveasuperiorpositionyoumustattack,otherwiseyouropponentwillrecoverandwillgettheinitiative.

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    Rule3.
    Whenyouaredefendingyourpositionyoushouldtrytokeepthepositionstablebutyourmaingoalsupposedtobestartinga
    counterattack.However,ifyoustartittooearlyortoolatethegamemaybelost.Timingisveryimportanthere.

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    InordertodevelopapositionalunderstandingitisnecessarytogoovertheannotatedGMchessgame,andtothinkwhycertain
    movesweremade.Onlywhenyouputyourselfinthetheplayer'sshoesyouwillbeabletofullyunderstandtheproblemshewas
    facinginthegameandyourwillbeabletoimproveyouownchess.That'sexactlywhatyoucandobystudyingourtraining
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    Rule4.
    Therearetwomaintypesofattackinchess:
    Tacticallycombinational(meaningthatthereisacontactbetweenthepiecesofbothsides,manythreats,andsharplines).
    Strategicallymaneuvering(meaningthatthereisnodirectcontactbetweenthepiecesofbothsides,thegameismoreofa
    positionalmaneuveringnature,ratherthansharp,calculatedtacticalhits).

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    Whatapproachdoyouneedtouseinyourgames?Thereisnostraightanswerforthatquestion.Thetypeofattackisdecided
    bythetypeofthepositionandpersonalpreferencesoftheplayer.

    Rule5.
    Theadvantageinthepositionmayconsistofoneundividedadvantageormultiplesmalleradvantages.Thegoalofeachsideisto
    playandtoaccumulatesmaller,positionaladvantages,toultimatelywinthegame.Itmakessensetoattackyouropponentinthe
    weakestpointofhisposition.Thatsoundssimple,butmanyplayersdisregardthisruleandfailtowin.

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