Chess Tutorial : Maximize the Usefulness of Your Moves

Multiple Attacks Create Multiple Weaknesses

White to move

White again uses the e4 square, this time playing 19.Qe4. Let's enumerate the objectives achieved by this Queen move. It

• Prevents ...e5, which would free the Bishop;
  
  
• Prepares a battery that together with Be2-d3 will attack h7. This will provoke ...g6, thereby creating holes in Black's castled position on f6 and h6; and
  
  
• Prepares the transfer of the Queen to h4 followed by Qf6 or Qh6, exploiting those same holes.

Index: Chess Tutorial : Maximize the Usefulness of Your Moves

1. Principle of Maximum Usefulness
2. An Example from the Early Opening
3. An Example from the Later Opening
4. Attack and Defend Simultaneously
5. The Difference Between a Very Good Move and a Good Move
6. Knights Can Also Fork Squares
7. Multiple Attacks Create Multiple Weaknesses
8. Never Play Obvious Moves Automatically
9. Maintaining the Pressure Is Worth a Pawn
10. A Principle for Everyone, Not Just for Masters