🧠 Positional Strategy

🏰 Knight Outposts

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The Perfect Square

An outpost is a square that can't be attacked by enemy pawns, ideally supported by one of your own pawns. A Knight on an outpost is a monster — it can't be chased away and controls key squares! The best outposts are on the 4th, 5th, or 6th rank.

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Lesson: 🏰 Knight Outposts