Here is How You REFUTE Premature Attacks - The Flank and Center Connection in Chess

🔵 My Chessable Courses: https://chessable.com/drcan ♟️ Find me on Chess.com: canka19 ♟️ Find me on Lichess: cantosh 🏆 2022 Chessable Community Author of the Year! https://www.chessable.com/blog/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2022-chessable-awards/ 🏆 2023 Chessable Best Tactics Course of the Year! https://www.chessable.com/fundamental-chess-calculation-skills/course/123333/ Connect on https://twitter.com/Kabadayichess Go Chessable Pro using this link to support the channel: https://chessable.com/drcanpro 00:00 They Attack us on the Flank and We Have No Central Counterplay 03:50 The Same Position Without the Central Pawn 06:39 With/Without the Central Tension 09:34 A Textbook Game on Central Counterpunch 12:26 Homework Position This video shows the tight link between flank and center in chess. When you are facing a flank attack, usually the best response is to seek counterplay in the center. The center is the most important part of the chessboard, and the side that controls the center controls the game. This video continues the deep learning series where we ask the "why" question instead of memorizing things blindly. Why are we advised to seek central counterplay against the flank attack? This video answers this question with key examples. Only if you deeply engage with the material and answer those why questions, you can transfer this knowledge to your games that show deeper similarities.