the Lasker-Reichelm position

the Lasker-Reichelm position

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21 Oct 05

What does it look like?

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21 Oct 05

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
What does it look like?
It is about opposition and sister squares. There has been a thread about it before.



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Kb1? White can reach a pawn before Black, right?

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Originally posted by powershaker
Kb1? White can reach a pawn before Black, right?
It is not that simple. It is because of two entry squares (b5 and g5) that white is able to put black's king on the wrong foot. That is where sister squares come into the picture. Read this (or other) article http://www.samuel-beckett.net/hugill.html

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Just giving this a quick bump, the article cited above provides fascinating insight into the relationship between chess & modern art.