Tactics for Everyone
Pinning - Part 2Ronen "indiana-Jones" Har-Zvi in his new feat "Tactics for Everyone" - a course on basic and not-so-basic tactics in chess - demostrating how to take advantage of undefended pieces, with what is usually called a double-attack. If you have loose pieces spread over the board for too many moves in a row, you're bound to suffer from your opponent's tactics, aimed to win material, when not the whole game. In this series, GM Har-Zvi guides you to learn the thinking processes that lead to spot tactics on the board and take advantage of the chances offered by the position. As Ronen says: everyone blunders, even Carlsen, and a good player must be able to spot it and punish it. How? By using tactics, of course!
In this second episode dedicated to the Pins, Ronen shows us some more complicated positions, explaining ow to take advantage from a pin. ronen introduces a new important tactic motif in this episode, that will be explained extensively in future episodes: the intermediate move, to divert a piece which is not allowing us to unleash the winning combo.