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Exploiting a Space Advantage Winning Chess Strategies the chess board is rarely big enough for both armies, leading to a fight for the centre, and a fight for space, which together with material

and time are key elements of chess strategy.

Exploiting a Space Advantage

How we fight for extra space and exploit it once conquered is the topic of this volume in the Winning Chess Strategies series, Exploiting a Space Advantage. Cyrus Lakdawala explains

how to squeeze your opponents into submission, when a space advantage leads to an attack, why we should be careful not to overextend, as well as many more concepts that can help

you better understand the elusive concept of space.

Get ready to stop feeling cramped and start grabbing some space!

Cyrus Lakdawala is an International Master, a former National Open and American Open Champion, and six-time State Champion. He has been teaching chess for over 40 years, and coaches top US juniors.

What Exactly Is Space in Chess?

Space signifies entry past our fourth rank demarcation zone into enemy territory. The vast majority of the time, this means pawn entry into the opponent’s zone, although sometimes

it can be achieved with pieces alone, as demonstrated in the Kling and Horowitz study at the end of the first chapter. This book is a manual on how to seize space, nurture and maintain it,

then convert it into victory. Conversely, the book also teaches how to combat the opponent’s attempts to grab space. When they do so, we must be masters at making them overextend.

Exploiting a Space Advantage

One benefit of having a space advantage is that our most advanced pawn often serves as a guide for our coming attack on the enemy king. An advanced pawn creates available squares

behind it, and having more available squares can quickly translate into bringing more pieces into the attack than the opponent can muster for defense.

If this seems unclear, don’t worry – I believe the examples in this chapter will clarify things.

 Exploiting a space advanntage