Making Luft

anthias

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24 Dec 06

anthias

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24 Dec 06

playing h6 or h3 somewhat weakens your pawn structure, but it helps to avoid back rank mates. When to play those moves? In the opening, or just when you see such a mating threat?

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Irax

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24 Dec 06

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Another good time is when you don't waste a tempo on the move.

In another thread you asked about the Bg4 pin, you can combine the solutions in the other thread with an h3 here, the bishop on g4 is forced to move, so you don't loose a tempo....

Actually, if your opponent wanted to play Bxf3 then you have lost a tempo, so I guess that h3 works best when you think that Bxf3 is an inferior move.