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It was only low risk in hindsight. Yes the two pawns looked good, but the black king wasn't exactly completely secure either.
by ninepoints 3y ago
It was only low risk in hindsight. Yes the two pawns looked good, but the black king wasn't exactly completely secure either.
- __s 3y agoHence they said (to me) because low elo players are going to underestimate value of activity & king safety
- ninepoints 3y agoYea that's a fair rebuttal. At higher ELOs, you start to develop a sense of paranoia about the King. For example, opening the center before castling feels very wrong intuitively, and in this case, pinning one of your few remaining pieces against your own King with an envelope of only two pawns is one of those "maybe I should be concerned" types of scenarios.