Understanding before Moving 4: King in the box

Understanding before Moving 4: King in the box

We call this video show 'King in the box'. In our previous show 'the queen in the corner' was discussed, now we will see what consequences it can have if a king ends up in some kind of prison. It may be clear that this is mainly a theme in the endgame, but we will see that even in a late middle game this theme can play an important role.

Here's a warm-up: White has to choose: go for Black's a-pawn or save the knight with 1.Ne7. What would you do?

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Links

• More videos...
• Understanding before moving 1: How to design a concept in the opening
• Understanding before moving 2: How to improve the activity of my pieces
• Understanding before moving 3: Queen in the corner
• Herman Grooten - An interview with a chess authority