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tactical_abyss 27-Aug-13, 13:36 |
 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 vulnerable 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.chess.com www.chess.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.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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some initial exposure I can remember not too long ago when a gk player ranked about 2200 scoffed when I asked how h6 had weakened g6 as he had commented. there was still a pawn on f7 and I thought it was an honest question. and it was. well, he didn't actually scoff. He just didn't reply (which made me feel he was disgusted by the question). Hey, I didn't understand and asked. well I sought the answer on my own and began to understand pawns and weak squares a little better. the lessons in the links above expand the on weak square concept and how to look at it from a more pulled back whole-board view. now it should make a little more sense when people talk about color complex weaknesses. maybe it will also help with understanding the board better, ...squares, ranks, files, and diagonals as much as pieces. |
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tactical_abyss 17-Nov-13, 03:51 |
Glad to see you looked over some of the links above.Sometimes,I think its simply better to post links like the ones above that I stored in my computer and have you and others absorb the concepts with better visuals and more professional outlay.Then,perhaps asking me questions later,which as you know,I usually answer in a clear format. As to that 2200 player,keep in mind he may be a 1400 player simply using a chess program to make him "appear"like a 2200 player,and thus he will do things like "scoff" or NOT be able to answer you or run from you when its time to really get some chess help from him.Hey,I say it the way it is!That's the nature of corresp. chess in some individual player cases. Do you remember reading my post on "Spacial advantage and counting squares"?(Its under the post "Think like a master"). Well,when you COMBINE the light/dark square strategy with the theories of counting squares and spatial advantage,you begin to get the much deeper aspects of theory.It will take a few months just to begin to absorb and comprehend a third of the info I have generated. Here I go again with links,but it saves me time.And you may find this quite interesting relative to the counting squares,weak squares and general spatial advantage: I believe that I have regenerated page links from the same article,but it shows you ahead of time what to look for. www.chess-game-strategies.com www.chess-game-strategies.com www.chess-game-strategies.com Take note to...counting the number of squares, in your opponent's half, that are within legal, attacking range from each of your pieces. Those links have several pages,so over the months,take a look at each page Todd. |
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Thank you As to the scoffer, I think he really is an expert but came at it from a "why am I spending my time with these beginners?" angle. He did soon drop from the club. But prior to leaving he had shared and discussed advanced concepts, including with other 2000+ players, that I felt showed he was a genuine student of the game. he just didn't like that question, at all. I had appreciated hi contributions to that point and had hoped they would increase. perhaps more like a professor of a lofty subject who is frustrated at being assigned a remedial class. ......Robert Reed and "The Brady Bunch" just popped into my head." |
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tactical_abyss 17-Nov-13, 06:56 |
Glad to be of help.I will get into more dark/light sq control in the coming months and more on a personal post method,but right now,I simply do not have the time.My work at work is sapping my energy away! Also,you never know about many of these 2200 guys.So,it was a possibility.But since you mentioned that you have seen him involved with advanced theory,well,then so be it. A while back(and i'm telling a secret here!) I was lucky enough to obtain a copy of a very special program from an ICC specialist(Internet Chess Club)that can actually tell with 95% certainty if a player is actually cheating after a series of games(about 20-25) when they are using any of the major commercial chess programs like Shredder,Rybka,Houdini and a few others.But you need a huge multicore system(like I have)to run the program efficiently.I actually have a 10 core system!What the program does is run kind of an "overlay" simultaneous analysis of the players moves after the game is out of book by running a parallel series of chess program analysis which already has all of the major chess programs programmed into it and makes a comparison of the moves and subvariational moves.It then locks on to which program it feels the user is using(like Rybka)and then makes a deeper mass comparison of moves and correlates a statistical probability of cheating from zero to 100%!It will even tell me in any analysis during or after a game i'm playing with this opponent which exact program the user is using!I can also use the special program to input a past game from the list of a potential GK opponent I may want to play and find out ahead of time,not only if he is cheating,but if he is using a shredder program!There is nothing "illegal"about the program since it is NOT giving me its actual analysis(just the end result stats) or showing me any of the moves for me to copy.It generates a stat tree even with subvariational responses that a chess program can make.But obviously,you can see why a six to ten core system is necessary to run the program. This way,I can decide to play that opponent or not!The system is not perfect and must be updated from time to time and also have the most up to date books and more,but the program has been used for years(its my understanding)at ICC to throw cheaters off of its chess site!Or not throw them off of the site but put a symbol after their handle name to indicate a computer user!This is a fact! Not to get off the subject of dark/light sq control,but I thought i'd reinforce my thoughts on some of those 2200+players on some of these sites like GK and how guys like me can actually see through them like a laser beam through space! |
