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How to See the power of the knight outpost in chess

May 28, 2008 05:08 PM

Chess game in progress, showing a strategic position on the board.

It's 1956 and Isaac Boleslavsky just played Georgy Lisitsin. What happened? Well, see for yourself, but I'll let you know this - you'll see the power of the knight outpost on d5.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3

O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Qa5 11.Kb1 e5 12.Be3 Be6

13.a3 Rfd8 14.Nb5 Qa4 15.c4 Bxc4 16.Nc3 Qb3 17.Bxc4 Qxc4

18.Bg5 Qe6 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Nd5 Qh4 21.Qe2 Bf8 22.Qf1 Rac8

23.g3 Qg5 24.h4 Qh6 25.g4 g5 26.hxg5 Qxg5 27.Rh5 Qg6 28.g5 h6

29.Rxh6 Qxg5 30.Rh5 1-0

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