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Hello and welcome to the page that details the heatstroke position on a chessboard.
This position is fairly uncommon and difficult to achieve, but may offer substantial
rewards if it is achieved. Do not go out of your way to achieve this position. However,
sometimes the opportunity presents itself, and then you could possibly attain a similar
position to this one. |
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Advantages
- Opposing Knights will find it difficult to stage attacks, as only a4 and h5 are
promising staging points for attacks. Your Knights are interlocked.
- e4 and f4 are expendable, but their presence there somehow disables most standard Black
positions, allowing only half the opposing force to combine effectively.
- The "Heatstroke" is so named because of unusual positional strategy. Removing the
initial threats only give way to bigger ones. Although there are flaws in the position,
exploiting those flaws is not easy, and frequently raise bigger problems after solving
the current ones.
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Disadvantages
- The a7-g1 diagonal is weak if its Bishop is taken out.
- b2 and g2 are weak pawns, but correct maneuvering by the opponent could damage your
position and cause endless headaches for the King.
- Splitting your opponent's force into 2 also works on yourself. The direction that your
Queen goes will determine which side of the board your attack will be stronger on. Shifting
the Queen to the other side after this move consumes a lot of time
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Move Sequence
- e4. The standard King's Pawn Opening.
- f4. Best used against the Sicilian reply of c5.
- Nf3. Backing up the pawns.
- h3. Preventing a potential headache on ...Bg4.
- d3. Supporting the weak e4.
- Be3. Preventing the attack along that diagonal, with the King soon to be castled there.
- Be2. Clearing the way for the castling.
- 0-0. Castling to safety.
- Nd2. Interlocking both Knights for stability.
- c3. Blocking any diagonal threats on the d-Knight, and also allowing the exodus of the
Queen to the left of the board.
- The Rooks are free to run wild on a1-f1, but the biggest threat is the exchange of the
f-pawn, allowing the doubling of the Rooks on that file.
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Pitfalls
Throughout the entire opening sequence, black can give white trouble with these moves:
- Nh5 threatens to exploit the unprotected g3
- Nc5 threatens the weak d3 pawn, also permitting Na4 later
- Ba6 also threatens the d3 pawn
- d5 tries to trade off e4, and render your Bishops exposed on the same
file
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Similar Openings
1. e4 is the King's Pawn Opening.
The Sicilian Defense's Grand Prix Attack follows with 1... c5,
2. f4.
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Heatztroke