Showing posts with label Flank Attack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flank Attack. Show all posts

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Flank Attack in Chess

Flank Attack. Image | hs8-4rogers2011.wikispaces.com
This game is instructive of an opposite flank attack, which must frequently occur on an intermediate players' chess game.. The basic idea of a flank attack is, 1) to close the central files to avoid surprises, and 2) to ram down with pawns to open some files down the opponent's King. That way, Rooks would have a field day behind the battering rams of pawns.