Thursday 8 October 2009

Concentric Square- the Chess Vision Drill


Let us practice this thing with the help of an example. Start with placing the black king on d5 and a black rook on d4. Now start placing the white queen on every square where the queen can safely forks the Black King and Rook. Once you have determined that there are no such square, move the rook in a square around the king i.e. square e4, e5, e6, d6, c6, c5 and c4, and look for the fork and skewers. When you are able to find such a square, physically lift up the white queen and place it on the square. Note that the black king can recapture the Queen after Queen Capture the rook is not valid option. Focus only on the position in which the capture of the rook is safe.

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