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Skittle-Head

#11

One example of overprotection gone bad, would be allowing smothers mate. :]

QueenMyPawn

#12

@tpr I love Petrosian for his prophylactic maneuvers!

tpr

#13

#7 Nimzovich wrote that you should overprotect everything: strong points and weak points alike.
Overprotection does not lead to passive play, on the contrary.
Say your opponent attacks a strategically important square twice and you defend it twice. If your opponent can eliminate or chase one of your defenders, then said square falls into his hands. Moreover, neither of your two protecting pieces can play, as otherwise the important square is lost, so they are passive. If you now overprotect said square a third time, then your redundant defence is immune to elimination or driving away one of your defenders. Moreover all 3 of your defending pieces can play and thus are active.

#7 Nimzovich wrote that you should overprotect everything: strong points and weak points alike. Overprotection does not lead to passive play, on the contrary. Say your opponent attacks a strategically important square twice and you defend it twice. If your opponent can eliminate or chase one of your defenders, then said square falls into his hands. Moreover, neither of your two protecting pieces can play, as otherwise the important square is lost, so they are passive. If you now overprotect said square a third time, then your redundant defence is immune to elimination or driving away one of your defenders. Moreover all 3 of your defending pieces can play and thus are active.

CM Sarg0n

#14

Overprotection is not the same as prophylaxis.

CM Sarg0n

#15

To be precise: overprotection of strong point can be a useful but AN overdid it an was obsessed with this concept. Prophylactic play in general is a much broader issue.

InvincibleX17

#16

Why is the OP's account closed??

tpr edited

#17

#14
Indeed, you could consider overprotection as a special case of the more general prophylaxis.
It is not only strong points, also weak points, as Nimzovich wrote.
Example: say black has castled king's side ...O-O now pawn h7 is a weak point. Nf6 protects it. Say white has Nf3, Bd3, Qe2, h4. There is a threat of Bxh7+. If white can chase or eliminate the defender Nf6 with say e4-e5 or Bc1-g5xf6 or g2-g4-g5, then he can execute his attack. If black however plays Rf8-e8 and Nb8-d7-f8, then he overprotects h7, and now Nf8 as well as Nf6 can play as needed.

#14 Indeed, you could consider overprotection as a special case of the more general prophylaxis. It is not only strong points, also weak points, as Nimzovich wrote. Example: say black has castled king's side ...O-O now pawn h7 is a weak point. Nf6 protects it. Say white has Nf3, Bd3, Qe2, h4. There is a threat of Bxh7+. If white can chase or eliminate the defender Nf6 with say e4-e5 or Bc1-g5xf6 or g2-g4-g5, then he can execute his attack. If black however plays Rf8-e8 and Nb8-d7-f8, then he overprotects h7, and now Nf8 as well as Nf6 can play as needed.

#18

Alwalid_star_mahmouD

#19

@QueenMyPawn hes account is closed
@tpr close the topic

@QueenMyPawn hes account is closed @tpr close the topic

InvincibleX17

#20

@Alwalid_star_mahmouD Tpr is not a Mod