You might be thinking here — even though white has an advantage in the centre how will this help him win the game? It is very important to understand that having an advantage does not mean you are going to win! Having the advantage simply means you have better chances than your opponent and by accumulating your advantages, you increase your winning chances,. When you are playing against a strong player there is no such thing as an easy win. To become good you must be willing to work hard for your victories!
Download this helpful summary of the important skills you need to train! White can further increase his advantage by centralizing his queen and taking control of the e-file.
Diagram above: White plays Qe4. You will usually get an advantage if your pieces can take control over central squares. In the final position white controls the centre and is even threatening Bh4 since Qe4 defends the h4-square as well.
Note: Before doing it, you have to consider how stable your piece would be in the centre. There is not much benefit if you can place your piece in the centre just to be chased out soon by an enemy piece. Diagram above: You should think twice before you give up a bishop for a knight. However, in this position white can increase their control in the centre by exchanging their bishop for the black knight on c6. The more squares a piece controls the more active it is.
Chess boils down to two very basic ideas, piece activity and King safety. The squares you control are also critical to building up an attack.
The other advantage to having pieces centrally located is their ability to respond to attacks on either side of the board King-side or Queen-side. Centralized piece placement allows you to get to either side of the board to stop potential attacks against your King. Simply put, pieces have greater power or activity when centrally located and help keep your game plan more flexible. Since your opponent is also trying to win the game, they have their own plan which gets in the way of your plan.
Planning is critical in chess. A flexible plan is one that gives you more than one option. Beginners tend to create plans that depend on their opponent making a series of often bad moves.
I call this wishful thinking chess. Centralized pieces can deal with attacks on either side of the board much faster than if those pieces were on one side of the board or the other. Pieces centrally located have greater flexibility and control of the board. After recording a number of albums and CDs he retired from music to teach chess. He currently teaches ten chess classes a week through Academic Chess. Thus their power increases. Now, you might be curious to know more about these reasons.
I have also shared a little experiment I did and you can do it too! Hence, continue reading. But wait! The exact meaning of centre in chess and what it means when we say controlling it. These basics are important to know because many of the common misconceptions will be cleared after reading it.
There are total 64 squares in chessboard. Out of them, the central four squares are called centre of the chessboard. In chess notation these four squares are denoted as e4, e5, d4, and d5. In most of the chess openings , you will find strategy to first get hold of the centre of the board. Controlling centre of chessboard means to to place your piece such that at least on of the central four squares is in control of that piece.
For example, a pawn at c4 will control d5 square. Similarly pawn at d4 will control the d5 square. Now to check your knowledge about Here is a test time for you : Can you tell which first move controls two centre squares of the chessboard at a time? Think properly and the answer is, knight on f3 or knight on c3.
Knight on f3 will control e5 and d4 square. If you find any difficulty then just refer the above image and imagine the positions While knight on c3 will control d5 and e4.
BTW congrats if you answered this question right. So far we discussed some basics related to topic.
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