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| when should we make captures | |||||||||||||||
| we give values to various pieces, but we always have to think of their mobility | |||||||||||||||
| a piece that can't move very much is not strong | |||||||||||||||
| your own pieces are usually the problem | |||||||||||||||
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| how valuable is the white pawn | |||||||||||||||
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| if white could move the Knight to e7, without | |||||||||||||||
| having the black King trapped in h8 which would | |||||||||||||||
| be a stalemate, white will win | |||||||||||||||
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| white 'sees' the possibility of Ne7 + | |||||||||||||||