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Nice, long time lichess player including blitz arenas but had no idea they had articles. Some interesting analysis here and how to approach the problem domain
by notarealllama 2y ago
Nice, long time lichess player including blitz arenas but had no idea they had articles.
Some interesting analysis here and how to approach the problem domain (pawn structure as a concern) but that first example, there is just no way to get that knight there in any reasonable way. Talking about unrealistic moves.
- 29jm 2y agoThe first example is from an actual game, Larsen-Korchnoi, where White does manage to put the Knight on d5. The article includes that part of the game, it's a pretty funky manoeuvre.
- sevg 2y agoThat knight manoeuvre is actually what is played by the GMs in that (very real) game. Which means it's as realistic as it can get. Even at GM level (perhaps especially at GM level) it's not uncommon to see 3-4 moves spent rerouting a knight to a better square.
- adleyjulian 2y agoIt's a closed position. You have time to reroute the knight and it's one of the few clear plans besides doubling the rooks on the only half open file. The knight on that outpost was a monster and it ended up winning the game for him.
- Scarblac 2y agoIt's only four moves, Nf3-d2-b1-c3-d5. (I don't know if that was the actual route taken in the game)
- kthejoker2 2y agoThe board in the article is interactive you can actually play out Larsen's moves with the arrows underneath