CLEARANCE - Power of Planning - Adrian Mikhalchishin Tournament Chess Pieces f4 and a Black doubled

f4 and a Black doubled c-pawn complex

annotated by strong players

Judit Polgar Runtime 23 mins 32 seconds

There is some strategic risk involved indeed (Black complies with a somewhat cramped position

CLEARANCE - Power of Planning - Adrian Mikhalchishin Tournament Chess Pieces f4 and a Black doubledPlanning is the most difficult part of the game of chess. It is everywhere we use it from the opening to the ending. A plan is based on evaluation and that evaluation is based on the different static and dynamic elements of the position. But what the chess books don't describe is the direction of the plan. The aim of every plan is the exploitation of weakness! So, spot the weakness, fix it and then just attack it. There are different kinds of plans