Fundamentals of Positional Play and Strategy

Two Main Strategies: Speed & Restriction

Contents
Contents
 In my opinion, there are exactly two strategies in chess that lead us to victory: speed and restriction.

 
Speed: Being faster than the opponent. Opening faster, developing pieces faster, gaining material, launching an attack, and delivering checkmate first.
Restriction: Less known than speed, but significantly more efficient. We aim to prevent the opponent from playing freely.

 

1
Introduction
2
Pieces & Characteristics
3
Geometry of the board
4
Openings
5
The Main Goal in Chess: Checkmate
6
Two Main Strategies: Speed & Restriction
7
The Role of Material
8
Piece Play - Rules for Opening, Middlegame and Endgame
9
Pawns
10
Multiplicity in Chess
11
Tactics in Chess
12
Improving pieces
13
Internal time
14
The Power of Restriction
15
The Strategic Value of Dynamic Restriction
16
Chess as a Game of Balances and Imbalances
17
Strategy as the Method for Mastering Positional Play
18
The Rules of Attack
19
The Rules of Defence
20
The Power of Piece Coordination
21
The Power of Absence on the Chessboard
22
Evaluation
23
Practical Approach
Exercise 3
Speed & Restriction
1
Introduction
2
Pieces & Characteristics
3
Geometry of the board
4
Openings
5
The Main Goal in Chess: Checkmate
6
Two Main Strategies: Speed & Restriction
7
The Role of Material
8
Piece Play - Rules for Opening, Middlegame and Endgame
9
Pawns
10
Multiplicity in Chess
11
Tactics in Chess
12
Improving pieces
13
Internal time
14
The Power of Restriction
15
The Strategic Value of Dynamic Restriction
16
Chess as a Game of Balances and Imbalances
17
Strategy as the Method for Mastering Positional Play
18
The Rules of Attack
19
The Rules of Defence
20
The Power of Piece Coordination
21
The Power of Absence on the Chessboard
22
Evaluation
23
Practical Approach