Here is How You REFUTE Premature Attacks - The Flank and Center Connection in Chess

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00:00 They Attack us on the Flank and We Have No Central Counterplay
03:50 The Same Position Without the Central Pawn
06:39 With/Without the Central Tension
09:34 A Textbook Game on Central Counterpunch
12:26 Homework Position
This video shows the tight link between flank and center in chess. When you are facing a flank attack, usually the best response is to seek counterplay in the center. The center is the most important part of the chessboard, and the side that controls the center controls the game.
This video continues the deep learning series where we ask the "why" question instead of memorizing things blindly. Why are we advised to seek central counterplay against the flank attack? This video answers this question with key examples. Only if you deeply engage with the material and answer those why questions, you can transfer this knowledge to your games that show deeper similarities.

[@The_Dark_Knight__999]

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[@Dr.CansClinic]

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[@MistaMasta12]

Great video once again! In that final position only Ne6 seems reasonable - we don't want to release all the tension in the center and allow white a free shot at our king (they might start with f5 and bring in all the pieces).

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thank you so much Maurits! 🙏☺️

[@shlomolaufer]

Definitely enjoyed the lesson. Thanks

[@Dr.CansClinic]

My pleasure!

[@jonnyjansson7320]

Very interesting lesson! I'm not currently studying closed positions for the moment. Its very different from open play in the style of Morphy., which I'm studying for the moment. Much harder to evaluate and the variations are harder to calculate. In the homework problem, I favour 1...Ne6 , because after 1...c4 which releases the tension in the centre making both the bishop on b7 and the rook on a8 cry; I want to open the c-file for the rook and the long diagonal for the said bishop. I look at two moves for white after 1..Ne6: 2.Nh4 with the idea of f5 followed by f6 burrying Black's dark squared bishop, the direct 2.f5 , and 2.dxc5. The first move I'm not sure how to respond to and the last I think is bad because after 2..bxc5 black has the hanging pawns and ..d4 is in the air activating the bishop on b7. But, the direct 2.f5 is tricky because after 2..Nexd4 3.Nxd4 cxd4 4.Bxd4 (otherwise the pawn on e5 is hanging) Nxd4 5.Qxd4 gxf5, I'm not sure who is better, maybe it is white. In this variation white might upset things further by throwing in f6 somewhere. Therefore I prefer 2..gxf5 because it is simpler even though I voluntarily damage the kingside pawn structure but I keep the tension in the centre which I think is more important. I rather see white take on c5 than black on d4 and I don't see an immediate attack for white on the kingside after that. In the penultimate position, my candiade moves where 1..Bxf5 and 1..d5 and thought the first one was stronger. When I saw you moving the pawn I immediately paused the video again and recalculated, and now I saw that white doesn't need to take the bishop on f5; white can simply play 2.Be3 and is ready to castle. So, 1..d5 is cleaner, more forcing. and don't involve a sacrifice. Nice, I think I learned a lot to today. Thanks!

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Wow, that is some analysis! Thank you so much for taking your time and writing it 🙏 You are spot on with both positions. Excellent!

[@gulabrathod4484]

Very nice lessons Sir. I love to learn your lessons. 🎉

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Glad to hear that, it is my pleasure!

[@clintongryke6887]

I love these lessons; inspiring as well as instructive.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thank you so much for your motivating thoughts 🙏

[@jimmccann3856]

When your opponent Exposes his K, by moving the f pawn, you want the center open not closed, to accentuate the K Safety imbalance. So closing with c4 just can not be right...

[@Dr.CansClinic]

...c4 is not correct indeed!

[@davidbatchelder85]

Ne5 to bring suport when the pawn take d4, to bring more power to the middle and attack

[@Dr.CansClinic]

You meant ...Ne6?

[@Gingnose]

I would always go Ne6 to pile up the pressure on d4 square. Never push pawns because that will make light color bishop terrible forever!

[@Dr.CansClinic]

I like it!

[@user-ot8bb3ng7o]

Great video 🎉💯👏it seems that once a premature attack is launched, the opponent will not have time to run for safety, like castling ect🤔no time to repair damage,

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thank you so much! 🙏

[@davidbatchelder85]

Ne6 stopping the pawn on e5 also protecting the c5 square for all the pawn exchanges along with improving your piece, the knight

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Excellent!

[@paulgoogol2652]

c4 is explosive. even if the move is bad it has to be played.

[@ThortheMerciless]

You mean it blows up in your face?

[@paulgoogol2652]

@@ThortheMerciless the most fun you can have in a chess game.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

That was a Finegold one, right?

[@paulgoogol2652]

@@Dr.CansClinic yup

[@CC-ii3ij]

On 1st position (without black pawn on d5), does Nxe5 also work? This was my guess, and I thought it looked better than selected move Nb4.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thanks for the question! The drawback of ...Nxe5 is that at the end of that sequence, ...Bb4+ is not an option, as the c3-pawn is still there. Please compare this with the ...Nb4 line.

[@brainfellow5140]

New sub here... Ne6 looks best - supports pawn on c5 and stares at f4 and d4 white pawns. N is safe here protected from attack by pawn on g6. Long answer, but that's what I see. Thanks for the lessons, great videos sir.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Thank you so much for the sub! ...Ne6 is the move indeed, thanks for the explanation!

[@ahmedgaafar5369]

he did it again .....lol

[@Dr.CansClinic]

😊

[@mrmarkstv6585]

In the homework I think Ne6 is much better than c4. C4 just releases all tention in the centre and white can start organizing a kingside attack. Ne6 keeps the tention, and note that it's not good for white to take dxc beacause of bxc and black has good central control. Of course the game is still complex, I honestly still like whites position, but Ne6 has to be the way to go

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Excellent, thank you so much!

[@frankbrown6305]

I’m liking c4. I would want to close the center. At this point in the game white has more attacking moves than black. Black needs to play defense.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

But don't you think closing the center would benefit the side who is attacking?

[@timmarshall4881]

😊I think the knight to e6 judging what I think I’ve understood from you. Love and peace. Tim

[@Dr.CansClinic]

You are absolutely right! Love and piece ❤️

[@davidbatchelder85]

I want to thank you and state a blessing for you and your family. May Jesus bless all that you do. Your teaching points out blaring mistakes that we under rated player, amateur mistakes. Tunnel vision and material confiscation as you state are our down fall Oh, how I strive to remove these blunders from my play. Thank you for your teaching gift, it is a gift. May you be blessed, Amen

[@Dr.CansClinic]

🙏❤️

[@douwehuysmans5959]

In the closed position isn't f5 a much better defence? En passant helps Black untangle by allowing Bxf6 with a subsequent Bg7 or Bh8 and giving the king the f7 square, and gxf5 exd5 locks down the king side.

[@douwehuysmans5959]

More concretely something like f5 exf6 Bxf6 f5 exf5 gxf5 g5 is super sharp but I think black might be able to at some point play Kf7 Ke7 and run

[@paulgoogol2652]

yep. white theatens f5. even immediate so Ne6 seems weird. f5 exf6 also looks weird to me. giving up this massive control but black may stabilize with Ne6. now looking at it longer I think Ne6 is best. it aims against the e5 pawn. when f5 happens, it gets weak and black will collapse against d4 and e5. the classical counterplay. like in d4 positions where white tries to get his center rolling via e4 and black has to put pressure against d4.

[@ThortheMerciless]

Yes, let's create a protected passed pawn for White. And let him win a pawn with dxc5 bxc5 Bxc5.

[@douwehuysmans5959]

​@@ThortheMercilessthe priority is not getting mated, black has 3 pieces on the backrank, that pawn is not promoting

[@douwehuysmans5959]

@@paulgoogol2652 Ne6? In the first position?

[@gulabrathod4484]

Knight e6 is best.

[@Dr.CansClinic]

Correct!