Chess for Dummies by James Eade

Author:James Eade
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781119280033
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2016-08-29T00:00:00+00:00

White develops the king’s bishop (7. Bd3) and prepares to castle the king with the king’s rook — see Figure 12-13a. Black advances the queen’s bishop pawn to support the center pawn once more (7… . c6); see Figure 12-13b.

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FIGURE 12-13: White prepares to castle, while black loads up the support for its center pawn.

Understanding initiative, positional advantage, and what happens next

The placement of pieces on the board in Figure 12-13 reflects a classic position in the Queen’s Gambit declined:

Black has staked out a foothold in the center and has developed several pieces with the aim of maintaining this hold on the center.

White has developed pieces more aggressively by attacking the black center. This initiative (white attacking, and black defending against white’s attack) comes from having the first move and from making each move an aggressive one.

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