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The document discusses five rules of positional chess that every player must know. It explains that positional understanding is one of the most important elements in chess mastery. The five rules are: the attacking side usually wins; only attack when the position is superior; the goal when defending is to counterattack; there are tactical and strategic types of attacks; and advantages can consist of single or multiple smaller advantages.

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5 Rules of Positional Chess Every Player Must Know

The document discusses five rules of positional chess that every player must know. It explains that positional understanding is one of the most important elements in chess mastery. The five rules are: the attacking side usually wins; only attack when the position is superior; the goal when defending is to counterattack; there are tactical and strategic types of attacks; and advantages can consist of single or multiple smaller advantages.

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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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