hello guys many times I have seen that some attacks completely fail because you don't optimally use your pieces what do I mean mean by that many times I've seen that people do not use the resources effectively by resources I mean the pieces in the previous videos you may have learned that one of the key is to get your pieces in the attack getting the pieces is the key for sure but many times that is not enough it is also important to unleash your pieces to unleash the max potential of your pieces you have to use
the open Lines by open lines I mean I mean the ranks the files and the diagonals so guys in this video we are going to teach you how to optimally use your pieces how to make it most effective and how to unleash its true potential or its Max potential so guys before we go to the next puzzle what I will first show you what do I mean by the term open files so let's go and Learn by open files what do I mean so guys let me quickly introduce the three open lines when I say
firstly you have the open files that is the D file the E file which is mostly controlled by the heavy pieces that is the queen and the Rook second up we have the diagonals that is the Bishops control the diagonals you can see the bishop on B2 controlling the A1 to h8 diagonal the queen guys is multi-purpose it controls both the diagonals as well as the files and finally we have the ranks that is you can see here the fourth Rank and the fifth rank I have highlighted with the green arrows so for example if
I play a move like L to E3 we say that it controls the third rank so guys this was a brief introduction on what I mean by open files now let's directly dive into the first puzzle so guys coming to the first position we can see that white has a strong Pawn structure and you know but the problem is the pawns are blocking The Rook so we we generally attack with all our pieces the Queen the Rooks and everything and we also attack with the pawns for that we have a separate video which I will
be uploading next so in this position it is wi to move and as we said to unleash thex maximum potential of your pieces you want to open up the files so over here the best move is to play the pawn to G5 now black has two options he can either remove the Knight or he can take it now of course taking this is bad because then you just lose this pawn and uh The Rook opens up so if he plays a move like this this is already bad because now you can simply take this pawn
and and you are completely winning and in either ways if he takes it you have many ways to take it taking with the f F1 is not the best because you know it it doesn't help your Rooks your Rooks are still closed one idea should take it with the Rook which is also fine you open up the G file you can double The Rook here but the best option here is to actually take it with the Hedge Pawn because of two re two reasons number one you open up the Hedge file for The Rook secondly
you have a Tempo the Knight is getting attacked and now after a knight moves like let's say D7 you can get in the queen to H5 threatening a mate on the H7 or the h8 squares and the mate is Unstoppable let's say black plays a move like F6 you can directly go G6 and now the mate is Unstoppable so in this position what we saw we saw that white had a very good position your pawns were blocking the Rooks so what we did was we pushed the pawn and we opened up the lines for our
Rook the H file was opened up the queen came into the attack and you Unleashed a powerful attack and you won the game moving on to the next puzzle it is black to move and over here we can see that the Rooks are very active staring at the G file so guys pause the video and try to come up with the best way how to continue as black if you came up with the move Bishop takes F3 this is not the best move because maybe you overlook the fact that after white takes on the bishop
on F3 the queen on B2 is guarding the G2 Pawn so after this trade of Rooks you have a queen but white has a lot of minor pieces two Rooks and a bishop so coming back to the initial position what do you do over here over here the bishop that is sitting on the B7 you open up this diagonal open up the open files you know make use of the open files to maximum to to maximize the the power of this bishop over here you play the very powerful will move Pawn to E4 now over
here black you are now putting some pressure on the F3 Square now let's say if black takes it you take the pawn and now you're already attacking on the G2 Square for example white plays a move like Bishop to F4 now you can simply take Rook G2 and after a series of exchanges you have come to the same position but now the small difference is that the Rook on F3 is not there so while you have a queen white only has a rook and a bishop and similarly after you push the pawn to to E4
let's say black does not take the pawn and he plays a move like Pawn to F4 well over here what you do is you sacrifice this Pawn opening up the long diagonal for the bishop unleashing the potential of the bishop and again guys we are down to the same position and you can see that you have a queen and white only has the rook and the bishop and this is a completely winning position for black so as I said when while you attacking you have to open up the the files for your pieces The Rook
was staring at the G file both the Rooks were doing file what we did was we got this bishop into the attack we put pressure on the F3 Square you cannot take it directly because of the queen sitting on B2 so you push the pawn you put more pressure on the F3 square and then you are completely just crushing your opponent in this game guys in the next position in this one it is white to move do try to pause the video and try to come up with the way how you can open the lines
well in this position if you thought of the move F5 well the problem with this is that now black can simply play E5 yes you did open up your Bishop but then look at your Rooks your Rooks are now blocked with your own pawns so in this position the best way to continue is that you push the pawn to E5 what you do is your idea is to go F5 but black has this defense of pushing his Pawn to E5 so what do you do you first prevent the defense you block the defense you first
put your own Pawn to E5 and after the bishop moves to E7 which is like the only move now you push the pawn to F5 putting more pressure and in this position if black takes your Pawn you can take it with the queen The Rook anything let's say you can take it with the Rook now you're putting the pressure on the f F7 square and if black plays a move like Rook f8 you can already get your other Rook open up this and you know what you are just completely winning so it is always important
guys to open up the fights you know in this example we learned that yes you want to play F5 you want to open up the Rook but black has a defense black can push the pawn to E5 so what do you do you prevent the defense first you first play the pawn to E5 you stop the black's Pawn from marching forward and then you Unleash Your attack F5 the bishop will open up the Rook will open up and you are going to get a dream position coming to the next position guys it is right to
play do pause the video and try to come up with the best move over here if you thought of the move Rook to G1 yes the G file is open you can take control of the open file but look at your Bishops they are being guarded by your own pawns so you have you want to open up the lines well if you thought about the move E5 this is a good move you open up this bishop but in the process you block this bishop and now if you're thinking that you can get the bishop to
C1 and take this diagonal yes your Bishop can get open but this is a smaller diagonal compared to this long diagonal so over here let us go back to the starting position over here the best move for white is to actually play the move Pawn to D5 open up the long Bishop diagonal and after you take takes now when you look at this position both the Bishops are open and you ready to launch an attack in this position if you came up with the move Rook H2 G1 yes this is a good move however there
is a better move which I will show at the end of the puzzle now you are threatening a check like this and if black plays the move G6 you can already go Queen at6 you're threatening a mate over here and if black plays the move F6 there are many ways to continue you can even sacrifice on G6 you can even get the Rook to E7 and you are completely winning this position all the L if black plays the move Pawn to F6 here again you can go Queen to H6 directly because this Pawn is pinned
and you are going to win the game there is you know black has very less defensive options however guys as I said let us go back to the position in this position you played the the move Pawn to D5 you opened up the bishop and after a series of exchanges we see that both the Bishops are open over here yes Rook H to G1 is winning but you know what guys there is a faster way to win over here over here you can directly play the move the queen to H6 guys as we have said
the queen is the most powerful piece and you need to get the most powerful piece the strongest piece into the attack you can actually go and play the Queen to H6 now you're threatening a mate on H7 on G7 and uh there is no defensive resources for black if you take the queen Now The Rook comes to G1 giving a Checkmate over here so guys this was the a very nice little uh puzzle that I actually like a like a lot that how you open up your pieces how you unleash the max potential of your
pieces you get your Rook to the open file you you get your queen in the attack and you know what you sacrifice a pawn in order to to for activity guys you know you you sacrifice a pawn for activity you you sacrifice the D5 Pawn the bishop is open and now after the series you know what both the Bishops and you just completely crush your opponent with the move Queen to H6 moving on to the next puzzle guys this is a very similar one to the previous one it is right to move and if you
saw the previous puzzle I am confident that you will get the solution to this one if you if you saw the move F5 well this is not the best move because you know you just completely Clos this bishop diagonal and it it also closes your Rook so over here you actually play the move move Pawn to E5 you know you open up this bishop you you open up this bishop diagonal and after a series of exchanges your Bishop is open your Rook is open your other Rook is ready to to to join in the attack
and guys as we have said which is the strongest piece the mightiest piece you get it into the attack the queen now jumps to G5 you are attacking the bishop you are hitting the Rook black obviously cannot play Bishop F6 because it just loses the bishop because this Pawn is spinned so the most logical move is to play Bishop to D6 and here guys there are many ways to continue you know what you can actually swing The Rook over to H4 you can play a move like Queen H5 but the strongest way do pause the
video and try to come up with the solution over here you sacrifice the bishop on H7 the point is that if you take this now what happens is you can get your Rook into the game the king is forced to go to G8 and now you play the move Queen to H 5 you are threatening a mate the king cannot escape from the f file because the Rook is guarding the f file so guys over here again guys the the theme is very simple your pieces bringing pieces into the attack is key but to unleash
its maximum potential you want it to be in open files and open diagonals so you open up the you sacrifice a pawn if needed to open up your pieces you play the move E5 you open up the bishop diagonal and then what happens is that you get a beautiful Checkmate like like you know what you can actually now now you see that you know what the king is exposed your pieces are there your pieces are ready to jump in and this is the perfect time you have learned about sacrifices Bishop H7 check the king takes
Now The Rook swings over and then the queen comes to H5 and you deliver a beautiful mate which is like you know maximizing your pieces potential and delivering a beautiful Checkmate coming to the final position of this video it is right to move your Rook is active but your pawns are blocking the bishop and guys if you watch the video till here you are sure to find the solution in this position you play a beautiful move Pawn to C5 you open up this bishop this bishop is kind of uh like you know trapped it cannot
go anywhere so he takes the pawn you take it you sacrifice the pawn but in exchange what you got is you got this beautiful open d for your Bishop the Bishops are open The Rook is open and over here guys can you find the beautiful finishing blow for white yes you have a strong diagonal your file is open you're putting pressure on the F7 Pawn but guys how do you finish off the game over here white plays a beautiful move Queen to G6 now you're threatening a mate on G7 and that is absolutely no way
how black can stop the Checkmate and you are going to win this game so guys with this we come to an to the end of this video where I hope that you have learned that how to to create lines how to open up the files and diagonals for your pieces to to unleash its true potential yes bringing pieces is the key but bringing in pieces with the activity unleashing its true potential that is the the key success how to attack well in a game and how to get winning chances so guys I hope you enjoyed
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