tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57726894266049739.post4388577665473314751..comments2024-03-06T11:42:14.387-08:00Comments on Chess Skills: Positional Play: Lessons from Akiba RubinsteinJames Stripeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437334325501974461noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57726894266049739.post-53721318944561040012012-11-02T08:58:31.057-07:002012-11-02T08:58:31.057-07:00Hi James,
Excellent post. Teaching positional con...Hi James,<br /><br />Excellent post. Teaching positional concepts to youngsters or beginners is very tricky.<br /><br />With my students I usually show the difference between strategy, which might have a positional component, and then the following tactics.<br /><br />A key point in strategy is the "Who's better" which you cover very well.<br /><br />One point that I stress in "who's better", which might be considered positional in nature, is the idea of an unprotected piece being a big target or warning sign.<br /><br />Some good Rubinstein examples are from Rubinstein - Capablanca 1911 after 11...fxe6 through to eval point 20. Qd3<br /><br />and the game you showed in Rubinstein - Duras 1908 when ...b5 which started the combinations was the unprotected loose pawn that gave White an advantage. <br /><br />ChessClueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13576060289496456129noreply@blogger.com