Weak Squares and Outposts | Chess Middlegames

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Sounds so easy because of your great, understandable verbalization of the complex thinking behind ... this is it! A weakness = a potential outpost, a plan = a possible pawn break ... and so on. Please don't stop explaining chess!

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Very Informative Lecture, before this video i was always looking for pieces, not have any idea about weak squares, i learned a lot by this video. Bravo Sir , Thumbs Up.

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I'm glad to help Naveed! Yeah, squares are as important (if not more important) than pieces.

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Helpful perspectives on positional advantages. For intermediate players like myself it is difficult to spot positional advantages and weaknesses. Again, very enlightening perspectives.

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[@jerry9634]

at 08:17 you should show what happens after Bb4. It's interesting that if the bishop moves from the diagonal Nd6 actually traps the queen. Also, when the bishops are exchanged, black could play Nb5, guarding d6. To be more exact u should show these lines too.

[@dinowithacookie8187]

Jeroen Woulnd’t you capture the knight back with the Bishop on B4 tho?

[@DeathEaterLink]

@@dinowithacookie8187 exactly my thought... how are you trapping the queen with the dark squared bishop on b4?

[@TNaizel]

@@DeathEaterLink the queen is trapped if the bishop leaves the diagonal, say after Qc4 the bishop takes the pawn, then Nd6 traps the queen

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Absolute gold information and delivery for the ones dedicated to learn more. Thanks

[@GrimmReaper9090]

22:22 why does it have to be gxf4 here, why can't the bishop on e3 take then it would be an equal game and can prevent the knight from coming to the outpost.

[@michaelqiao7977]

Seconded, am quite confused

[@inaki7233]

Easy, taking the horse is the problem. Not how to take it. Because the queen would be attacked regardless and the g-file would be open.

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[@skeptorr]

one Q: 22:37 in the check, if Fisher was completely ok exchanging the bishop for the knight, why not just take with the bishop and after gxf5 Queen has an over file?

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Taking a complex issue and making it easy for us novices to understand. Thank you and keep them coming!!

[@sharansivadas3678]

At 8:28 , can we play Nd6, which attacks the queen so he can't take the other Knight, followed by Nge4 ?

[@PuzzleMountains]

I was in a position similar to your first example, I didn't really see how getting to that square would benefit me. But as soon as that happened, i saw my opponents defense impaired as my pieces took over. A brilliant video, a brilliant channel. Please keep it coming.

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[@cyclezcirclezncferez]

at 8:25 is there no Bb4? Thanks for these great videos!

[@TNaizel]

after Bb4 Qc4, if the bishop takes the pawn Nd6 traps the black queen so it could continue as h6 Qxb4 hxg5 and the bishops are exchanged anyway

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[@HangingPawns]

Haha:D Sorry for that mate. Blitz isn't really chess though. You should watch the ginger gm or someone else to improve blitz

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True enough. I beat folks at 20 points ahead in Blitz. This is weaker than 10 minute play. Funk dat.

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[@dragoscolce]

Another invaluable video! Thanks a lot, Stjepan. So just to make sure I've got this right: a weak square in my opponent's position would be a square that can not be controlled by any of their pawns anymore, but I myself am (or have the possibility of) controlling it with one of my pawns, right?

[@remyhamel7068]

Very good video, simple, precise and clear. The only question I have is, in the first example (06:45), why not trade the bishops first and then take with the knight on F3?

[@acam7175]

Maybe bcz black would play bb4 and not trade and launch an attack on a5 pawn (im no expert, just guessing)

[@remyhamel7068]

@@acam7175 That makes a lot of sense, thanks for pointing it out :)

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your video changed the way i think, i just played a game after watching the video, my opponent was only trying to attack my bones, i was trying to have a good position for my night and bishop, the game ended with me wining with a Checkmate , so, thank you very much

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I like this video a lot. I would like to see some more videos where you show how to exploit weaknesses. How to convert the weakness in an advantage that is the most difficult thing for me in chess.

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8:30 why not play ND6 first threating the queen then follow with the other knight to E4 ?

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[@sathvikredrouthu6877]

Hi, I have a question; in many of the positions there were 2 squares that seemed like good outposts for the night (like in the Spassky vs Fisher game on 16:30). How do we know which one to choose? In the previous match it was the one defended by the bishop but here it was the one defended by the pawn.

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[@caxsmith]

At 17:40, you refer to d6 as weak square, but it is defended by a pawn. Could you elaborate?

[@nikhilmurarka1070]

23:51 okay in the last position which you showed,Why did white not go for Bxf4 gxf4 Qf3 fxg3 fxg3 white allowed Nd3 for black??

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[@dejankarakasevic9672]

At 23:44 why we can not capture with a bishop? my engine says 0,00 if we capture with a bishop that knight

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Excellent stuff as always. Thank you. Also loved the intro.

[@ketonicm8504]

At minute 8:25, why is there no way for black to prevent the bishop trait?

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Thank you Kamil!

[@tyrelljeffries2527]

I looked at some of the other videos on KZbin regarding weak squares that tried to explain what weak squares were and I was completely lost until I came here! What did I learn? A weak square is a square attacked by a pawn unless it is defended by pawn. 2. Good players focus on squares rather than material 3. Get your knight to an outpost. What I still need to know/ would like to know is: Is there a limited amount of particular formations containing pieces and pawns that have weak squares that would necessitate a particular strategy for example: In the Carlson formation attack c6 with the knight and bishop and the opponents rook won't be able to prevent the outpost, however in the Nakamura formation with the enemy Queen and Rook here start by attacking the h7 pawn with the knight and then the Queen and the Bishop wont be able to challenge the outpost here. Also some mistakes have been shown and some preventative strategies have been shown briefly. Can I see some more examples? Perhaps some videos on pawn structural weaknesses to avoid that would result in outposts being created? How do we use outposts? For checkmating attacks? How are these done? Forks? What developmental problems do outposts create for the opponent and how are those weaknesses that are created by those developmental problems exploited? What specific attacking tactics should be employed in this regard? Also if we fall into the trap of letting our opponent establish an outpost how do we defend against the checkmating attacks created by outposts, defend against forks? How do we effectively develop our pieces while our opponent has an outpost in our territory without creating too many new weaknesses? In addition, how do we effectively address weaknesses that already have been created by the outpost? Can we also see some videos on how other pieces such as the Bishop which you mentioned briefly is used as an outpost? Can other pieces such as the Rook or Queen be used to create an outpost? What position necessitates an outpost of a particular piece over the other e.g. a knight over a bishop? Also what kind of developmental structures does an outpost by the each of the different pieces necessitate in our opponent's development and what weaknesses do they create and what specific tactics do they necessitate to exploit?

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[@flashscientist3615]

8:25 Why didn't black play Bb4???!!!!! I think it is a very good move....isn't it??

[@drax432]

in 1:23, the video focus on d6 as weak square , cos it is unguarded by the opponent (black) pawn. But what about a7 , b6 and f7, they are also weak square since unguarded by opponent pawn. So aren't white supposed to occupy them too? I watch several videos and articles that define "weak square" as square that is unguarded by opponent pawn, and should be attack, occupied and secured. So does that mean ALL squares unguarded by opponent pawn should be attacked, occupied and secured? Confused ~😁

[@loeksnokes3658]

Beautiful video. It does make me wonder though how often Fischer used the plan of tempting with a great outpost defended by only one pawn, and then trading off to give the opponent a passed pawn that might become a weakness that could later be rounded up!

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No problem Brian! I'm glad you think it's interesting:)

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[@NinjasOfOrca]

At 10:00 why does black move his king back and forth?

[@chaimweisberg4365]

At 6:45 why not go for Bg6? Instead of allowing h3?

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[@aryanagrawal9103]

Hello, I think at 8:22 Bb4 prevents the trade... Great video BTW

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Mislim da ne postoji nacin da tocno provjeris ideju. Mogao bi unijeti poziciju u neki engine (lichess ima besplatan) pa onda vidjeti da li potezi kandidati u sebi sadrže tvoj plan ili ne. Ja najčešće radim tako.

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in example 2 u told us how to utilize an advantage is a different topic. Do u have a video on that or a book u could recommend?

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