Middlegame Secrets Vol.4 - The Secret Lives of Knights

Knight dominates the Bishop

In the following videos, we're gonna explore examples where the knight dominates the bishop.

2 Knight dominates the Bishop

2.1 Knight dominates the Bishop 1: Van Wely vs Karjakin

2.2 Knight dominates the Bishop 2: Navara vs Caruana, Reggio Emilia 2010

2.3 Knight dominates the Bishop 3: Anand vs Van Wely, Wijk aan Zee 2001

2.4 Knight dominates the Bishop 4: Navara vs Hracek, Ostrava 2010

2.5 Knight dominates the Bishop 5: Markos vs Gustafsson, Graz 2010

3 Knight's Best Friend

3.1 Passed Pawn 1: Markos vs Korchnoi, Pulvermuehle 2006

3.2 Passed Pawn 2: Carlsen vs Karjakin, Wijk aan Zee 2012

3.3 Passed Pawn 3: Spassky vs Petrosian, Wch Moscow 1969

4 Knight behind the Pawn Chain

4.1 Knight behind the Pawn Chain 1: Cheparinov vs Stellwagen, Amsterdam 2005

4.2 Knight behind the Pawn Chain 2: Gelfand vs Morozevich, Moscow 2014

4.3 Knight behind the Pawn Chain 3: Antal vs Markos, Pardubice 2007

4.4 Knight Behind the Pawn Chain 4: Naiditsch vs Timman, Dortmund 2002

5 Restricting the Knight

5.1 Restricting the Knight 1: Swiercz vs Idani, Maribor 2012

5.2 Restricting the Knight 2: Yu Yangyi vs Ju Wenjun, Gibraltar 2017

5.3 Restricting the Knight 3: Aronian vs Naiditsch, Karlsruhe 2018

5.4 Restricting the Knight 4: Markos vs Kulhanek, Czech Team Championship 2009

5.5 Restricting the Knight 5: Kasparov vs Shirov, Horgen 1994

6.1 Outposts 1: Larsen vs Svidler, Bad Homburg 1998

6.2 Outposts 2: Ding Liren vs Grischuk, Ekaterinburg 2021

6.3 Outposts 3: Nijboer vs Harikrishna, Wijk aan Zee 2001

6.4 Outposts 4: Markos vs Sluka, Czech Team Championship 2014

6.5 Outposts 5: Karjakin vs Fedoseev, World Cup 2021

7 Art of Spotting Outposts

7.1 Art of Spotting Outposts 1: Kramnik vs Ribli, Groningen 1993

7.2 Art of Spotting Outposts 2: Markos vs Caletka, Slovak Team Championship 2017

7.3 Art of Spotting Outposts 3: Smyslov vs Zuidema, Hamburg 1965

7.4 Art of Spotting Outposts 4: Bacrot vs Tiviakov, Wijk aan Zee 2006

7.5 Art of Spotting Outposts 5: Bobotsov vs Petrosian, Lugano 1968

9 Practice Positions