By John Emms

Grandmaster John Emms provides the reader an intensive grooming on the entire an important features of chess approach.

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Chester Numhmentz, Jr. Photocopying for instructional use is permitted. /9EFJMV 32 B C D Which move is for K safety and to prepare a new man for a future charge down file e. A B C D Morphy intentionally sacrificed his d4 P. So he didn’t use this move to try to win the P back. A B C D Which move is a pawn thrust on the e-file which challenges Black’s N on f6? A B C D Morphy places a P where it can be taken. This will help clear the e-file for an attack. A Copyright © 1999-2002 Prof. Chester Numhmentz, Jr.

25 B C D Which move is the only one here that clears a way for one of White’s Bs to enter the game? A B C D Which move invites Black to move a man off a center square to win an unguarded P? A B C D Morphy wouldn’t have played this -- it ignores Black’s immediate threat of playing Qh4+. A B C D With which move does Morphy attack 2 center squares AND keep the Q from h4? A Copyright © 1999-2002 Prof. Chester Numhmentz, Jr. Photocopying for instructional use is permitted. /9EFJMV 26 B C D With which move does Morphy leap over the weak infantry into enemy territory?

They’re included to show how Morphy could have proceeded to take White’s R and one of his Bs off the board. This would leave Black with overwhelming control of the queen-side -- the side where Morphy had already created passed Ps! 48 B C D With this move, Black would’ve removed White’s defenseless dark-square B: A B C D With this move, Black would’ve begun advancing his passed Ps toward promotion: A B C D Black would’ve made this pin on B so that White can’t prevent its capture next move: A B C D With this move, Black would’ve removed White’s last R: A Copyright © 1999-2002 Prof.

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