Your article reminded me of what Purdy wrote in Guide to good chess about double threats:
Writers have foisted on chess too many abstract ideas. They should get down to earth and start from the simple rules of the game. Overriding all other rules in importance is one we all take for granted; that the players must move alternately and only one thing at a time. That is where chess differs so completely from war, and from life in general where there are no "turns to move" and where the "rules" are more on the Rafferty model.
The chess principle to be derived from the rule is that you should at all times be on the alert for a chance to put the enemy under the necessity of doing two things at once, and avoiding such an impossible situation yourself. This means that the chief key to success in chess is A DOUBLE THREAT. A threat to one enemy piece alone is normally parried with the greatest of ease, and is worthless except for some ulterior motive. But a double threat is terrific.
The Reti position is hypnotically beautiful I would marry this position if it was a woman lol
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Your article reminded me of what Purdy wrote in Guide to good chess about double threats:
Writers have foisted on chess too many abstract ideas. They should get down to earth and start from the simple rules of the game. Overriding all other rules in importance is one we all take for granted; that the players must move alternately and only one thing at a time. That is where chess differs so completely from war, and from life in general where there are no "turns to move" and where the "rules" are more on the Rafferty model.
The chess principle to be derived from the rule is that you should at all times be on the alert for a chance to put the enemy under the necessity of doing two things at once, and avoiding such an impossible situation yourself. This means that the chief key to success in chess is A DOUBLE THREAT. A threat to one enemy piece alone is normally parried with the greatest of ease, and is worthless except for some ulterior motive. But a double threat is terrific.
Thank you Jen