Middlegame Planning in Chess Part 03

Most of the chess players know about openings, but after developing all the pieces make lot of mistakes as they don’t have any clear idea to proceed. This middle game planning lesson series will give you some tips about finding good moves like top chess players. In “Middlegame Planning part o1”  and “Middlegame Planning Part 02” we have talked about how to

1. Identify week squares
2. Identifying passive pieces
3. Maneuvering pieces
4. Opening up the flanks which has attack
5. Eliminating pieces who protect weak squares
6. Calculating before maneuvering
7. How to fix week squares
8. Decreasing of opponents activity

In middlegame planning part 03 lesson we will be looking at what to do in certain positions which frequently occur (Eg: Blocked position, Isolated Queen Pawn, Hedgehog System.

Middlegame Planning Position 09: How to play a blocked position

Position 10: How to play an isolated Queens pawn game

Position 11: How to adopt flexible thinking (hedgehog system)

Position 12: How to avoid over complicating the game

Position 13: How to play simple and carefully

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