So all have learnt, that bishop and knight have a different gait but a similiar value( = three pawns)
But the things are not so easy as they may seem on the first view. The value of bishop and knight are also depending on the concrete environs and circumstances, they are involved.
So let us look at following position.
A) how would you evaluate the position?
B) what would be your plan for black?
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In my last post I have praised the crystall-clear positional play of Akiba Rubinstein. His games were the favorites in my youth.
Now I have become much older , but I prefere nevertheless the good and clear positional play.
And in the last years I liked more and more the games of
Vasily Smyslov
(this is a link)
His games have become for me a source of inspiration.
In my view his strongest point was the simplification from a middlegame position into a better or won endgame. It happens so often in his games, that we have to presume one of his main winning methods behind it.
Here a game where he demonstrated this effective method of simplification masterfully
Smyslow -Vidmar
(Groningen 1946)
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In the starting position we see, that white has a clear adventage. He is a pawn ahead in a calm position
Nevertheless the position is not so easy to win. There are different coloured bishops on board and they have a high draw tendency in endgames.
So let us see, how Smyslov managed it to transpose the position into a won endgame. He started a process of simplification| | |
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