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Total Chess: Delay Tactics

John Herron
John Herron
04.21.2014
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Total Chess: Delay Tactics
Yury Markushin
04.21.2014

Delay tactics do not occur immediately, but happen some time after the initial move.

They all come from the German word ‘zug’ (pronounced ‘tsook’) meaning to pull or to tug.

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Total Chess: Defensive Tactics

John Herron
John Herron
03.24.2014
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Total Chess: Defensive Tactics
Yury Markushin
03.24.2014

Defensive tactics occur when you try to escape from the opponent’s tactics.

Instead of losing material, you try to get away without losing anything.

It is making the best of a bad situation.

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Total Chess: Deflection Tactics

John Herron
John Herron
03.09.2014
deflection
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Total Chess: Deflection Tactics
Yury Markushin
03.09.2014

Deflection tactics occur when you try to get a piece off of a square.

Once the piece leaves, then you can use another tactic.

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Total Chess: Decoy Tactics

John Herron
John Herron
02.24.2014
traps
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Total Chess: Decoy Tactics
Yury Markushin
02.24.2014

Decoy tactics occur when you try to get a piece onto a square.

Once the piece is there, then you can use another tactic.

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Total Chess: What is Double Tactics?

John Herron
John Herron
02.13.2014
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Total Chess: What is Double Tactics?
Yury Markushin
02.13.2014

Double tactics occur when two things happen at the same time.

While it may be fairly easy to defend against one thing, it may be impossible to defend against two things at the same time.

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Total Chess: Going to the Endgame

John Herron
John Herron
04.28.2013
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Total Chess: Going to the Endgame
Yury Markushin
04.28.2013

When should you trade pieces and go to the endgame? There is a good, general rule. When ahead, trade pieces; when behind trade pawns.

When you are ahead, trade pieces to increase your material advantage.

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Total Chess: Rooks & Open Files

John Herron
John Herron
04.01.2013
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Total Chess: Rooks & Open Files
Yury Markushin
04.01.2013

An open file is a file that has no pawns on it. Either player can place a rook on an open file to control all of the squares on that file.

A half-open file is a file that has pawns of only one color on it. A player can place a rook on a half-open file to control all of the open squares on that file and attack the opponent’s pawn.

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Total Chess: Discovered Tactics

John Herron
John Herron
02.16.2013
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Total Chess: Discovered Tactics
Yury Markushin
02.16.2013

It is very important to understand different types of tactics in order to fully realize your chess potential. Previously we published articles on this topic, feel free to review Direct Tactics and Dynamic Tactics ideas before you jump into discovered tactics section.

Discovered tactics occur when you move a piece out of the way to uncover another piece. The piece in front blocks the piece behind it, and you move the piece in front out of the way.

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Total Chess: Knights & Outpost Squares

John Herron
John Herron
01.25.2013
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Total Chess: Knights & Outpost Squares
Yury Markushin
01.25.2013

An outpost square is a square that cannot be attacked by the opponent’s pawns. If you occupy an outpost square with one of your pieces, it is difficult for the opponent to force your piece off that square.

Since he cannot use a pawn to eject your piece, he must use another piece. Sometimes, there is no piece available to eject you from an outpost square. This makes an outpost square very powerful, especially if it is in the center of the board, or deep in the opponent’s territory, or near the opponent’s king.

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Total Chess: Bishops & Weak Squares

John Herron
John Herron
01.04.2013
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Total Chess: Bishops & Weak Squares
Yury Markushin
01.04.2013

Weak squares are squares that are not attacked or defended by pawns. While pieces are busy doing other things, pawns are left to control the squares around them. Since pawns attack and defend diagonally, they control squares that are the same color as their own square.

If most of your pawns are on dark squares, then you are strong on the dark squares and weak on the light squares. If most of your pawns are on light squares, then you are strong on the light squares and weak on the dark squares.

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