Chess Training

Reverting back to our original Training Article: "familiarize with about 15-25 common plans from the chess classic examples" Perusing any chess book on Chess Strategy will give you a good list of Strategic Elements (elements of a plan) one needs to be concerned with so you can develop a reasonable, effective plan. Planless play lacks consistency from move to move and tends to be like solving a series of one-move chess problems - it lacks coherency. Below is the listing of Common Strategic and Dynamic Elements from Pachman's Modern Chess Strategy: Common Strategic Elements Minority Attack Bishops and open diagonals Good vs. Bad Bishop Knights and bases of Operation Superior Bishop vs Knight Superior Knight vs Bishop Creation of Open Files Open Files in an Attack against the King Open Files in the Center and on the Queen's Wing Active Rooks in front of the Pawn Chain The Passed Pawn The Blockade The Isolated Pawn The Backward Pawn The Isolated Pawn-pair Doubled Pawns Th...