Attack with LarryC: Softening Up Operations #2

Opening: E92, E15, E60: King's Indian, Queen's Indian,

Player(s): Hamann, Uhlmann, Johannessen, Harikrishna, Christiansen, Gutman

GM Larry Christiansen concludes his mini-series on the all-important chess concept of softening the enemy's king position. Today Larry uses one of his games to show the ideas behind the importance of weakening the enemy's king fortress, in order to unleash a strong attack. As usual, GM Christiansen delights us with other games. The first example is a missed opportunity, which tells us how vital is to look for a better move when you see a good move. Trying to re-establish material equality, white grabs a rook, missing the chance to mate his opponent.