Strategic Goals

Question 1

Goal 1

Answer 1

Checkmate

Question 2

Goal 2

Answer 2

Win a piece / Material Advantage

Question 3

Goal 3

Answer 3

[Unseen Force 1]
Time:
Win an extra move

Question 4

Goal 4

Answer 4

[Unseen Force 2 / 6]
Space:
Increase mobility and placement of your pieces, at the center or at any relevant place on the board

Question 5

Goal 5

Answer 5

[Unseen Force 3]
Force (quantity):
Local Force Majority or lead in development

Question 6

Goal 6

Answer 6

Build pressure:

Create tension - increase the tension

Question 7

What do you need to launch a successful attack? (Goal 6)

Answer 7

An advantage in one or more of the ‘unseen forces’

Question 8

Goal 7

Answer 8

Castle Early

Question 9

Goal 8

Answer 9

Unite the Rooks

Question 10

Goal 9

Answer 10

Double the rooks on an open file

Control open files and central files

Question 11

Goal 10

Answer 11

Place Rooks on the Seventh Rank

Question 12

Goal 11

Answer 12

Form a Battery

Queen+Bishop, Two Rooks, Two Rooks+Queen

Question 13

Goal 12

Answer 13

[Unseen Force 4]
Pawn Structure: Create Weak Pawns
(Double pawns, base of chain, isolated pawn)

Question 14

Goals 13

Answer 14

Penetrate enemy territory

Attack where you have the greatest force

Question 15

Goal 14

Answer 15

Create outposts on weak squares enemy (especially for knights)

Question 16

Goal 15

Answer 16

Create space for the King to escape/hide (Luft)

Question 17

Goal 16

Answer 17

[Unseen Force 5]
Superior Compensation
(Sacrificing a higher-rated piece for a lower rated one, accepting a pawn weakness for an open file, trading material for time, or any strategic goal for another)

Question 18

Unseen Forces

Answer 18

The potence within a certain position to launch a successful attack.

1. Time/Initiative
2. Space - Control
3. Local Force Majority/Lead in development
4. Pawn Structure
5. Superior Compensation
6. Better Piece Activity