Strategy  ·  Lesson 90 of 92

Making a Plan

You see no tactics anywhere. What now?

Choose the right answer

  1. Shuffle pieces and wait
  2. Improve your WORST-placed piece
  3. Push the h-pawn on principle
  4. Offer a draw
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Improve your WORST-placed piece

The evergreen plan: find your worst piece and give it a better job. Do that every quiet move and your position improves by itself.

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This lesson is one of 92 in the Grandmaster Academy — every one playable, with the pieces moving under your hand.

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