TURNOUT AT STEINITZ LECTURE 18 MARCH
All present get to review the game Steinitz - Sellman which was a classic positional game expounding many of Steinitz's theories on the accumulation of small advantages as listed below: 1. Keep connected pawns 2. Create backward pawns in opponent's wing (medium weakness for opponent) 3. Create doubled pawns in opponent's wing 4. Isolate the opponent's pawns 5. Keeping our majority of queen side pawns to create remote passed pawn advantage in the end 6. Weakening of the pawns especially in front of the opponent's king 7. Create secure advanced posts and posting pieces there 8. Control of open files 9. Play in the centre 10. Advance the queen-side pawn-chain to cramp the enemy 11. Keep the Bishop Pair advantage with you and devoid your opponent from this advantage if possible (exchange his one bishop with your knight) 12. Avoiding all such weaknesses in our camp (unless serious material loss is threatened) and create positional strengths...