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Positional Pros and Cons | Beginner Breakdown

Alex Moellering explores the chess elements of king safety (castle early and often, weak f-pawns, fishing pole trap), material (be suspicious of free pieces, elephant trap, liquidation), and piece activity.

2023.06.27
C44 Scotch gambit
C40 Damiano's defence
C55 Two knights defence
Walther von Holzhausen vs Siegbert Tarrasch, Simul, 26b (1912): C41 Philidor's defence
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1224636
C20 KP, Patzer opening
C02 French, advance variation
Paul Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, Paris (1858): C41 Philidor's defence
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1233404
B09 Pirc, Austrian attack, dragon formation