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tactical_abyss 10-Jul-13, 05:51 |
 Light and dark square control...What is light/dark square control? Its a positional strategy concept to basically outwit your opponent through manipulation and exploitation and control of his weak light or dark squares(white or black squares).But it can also be a process to 1.Undermine your opponents strong control over the light or dark squares or 2.Improve and strengthen your own weak control over the light or dark squares. Its gets confusing,but in a nutshell....The more overall parts of the board you "control"(such as the majority of either the dark or light squares(or both!),the higher your win probability will be in a game.This can be accomplished in many ways which the links I included below should touch base on.Just envision a battlefield and the more geographic area your troops control with the stronger weapons,the better chance it has to defeat the enemy.Weak squares are primarily due to lack of best pawn placement on particular squares which can undermine the squares dominance and control making it venerable to attack and/or exploitation. Learning how to control a square or series of squares(like a long Bishop diagonal) is key. The first link below gives a general outline of D/L control strategy.The others will also give you some tips. Below is a series of square color control links,some with Utube board examples and study. Go over all of them in time,and this should give you a much better grasp of the principles involved..I'm here to answer any additional questions you may have on the subject. www.chess.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.chess.com www.chess.com Below is a link to download a different way to visually examine the piece control of your game.You may find it quite interesting: www.chessology.com |
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tactical_abyss 10-Jul-13, 06:09 |
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tactical_abyss 10-Jul-13, 08:19 |
By the way,the type of opening you play can have a direct correlation on the level of ease to square control.Some openings for example(no time for detail right now)will perpetuate doubled pawns,holes in the dark or light squares or simply create a slight increase in weakness on one or the other side of the board which must be strengthened by the midgame or exploited by the enemy if it is not reinforced. Confusing,right?Well,take a good look at the links above and this should get you less confused! Now where is my suntan lotion?Ha ha! TA PS... Forgive my misspellings.After I proofread things I do find hidden misspelled words,but I do not want to delete the post every time and start over,(like I did this time again)it will confuse you more than I am already doing with this overall post! That is why I have always wished to be able to go into a post like on other sites and be able to edit the post without deleting it and then replace it back exactly as it was with the new corrections.Its really my keyboard more than me.I have one of those extra touchy low profile illuminated keyboards from Logitech and just barely touching any key near the designated one will place extra or wrong letters on the post. In any case,....in the sentence above,I wrote...."making it venerable to attack". I meant to write..."making it vulnerable to attack".But you get the idea!I have one of those auto spell correction programs on my page whenever I type,but since "venerable"is an actual word,the scanner will not underline the word as misspelled. I am known to be a great writer.I wrote a number of short stories in College and got straight "A's" on my work.But I tend to misspell words quite frequently and deserve a low "D"average on that,so forgive me!Get the paddle with the rusty nails in it!Full back swing!Ouch! |