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In the Ruy Lopez, with white’s kingside bishop on b5 or a4 pressuring blacks knight on c6, it might be beneficial to hold off on Kc3 to leave c3 or c4 available to open space for a retreat.

As Black against a Queen’s Pawn opening, choose to put Kbd2 and let the c pawn move up.

After dislodging the g2 or g7 pawn, holes are left in the kingside which should be occupied by attacking pieces, as they can never be dislodged by a pawn. Infiltration.

Castle because you want to or because you must, not because you can.

A bishop is best placed for attack on a diagonal crossing the center.

Make the moves that conform with the requirements of the position, and you will be suitably rewarded.

Don’t think I wanna play the English soon but I like game 4, albeit the mistakes seem a bit too obvious for pedagogy.

The Colle System is an excellent way to put pressure on e4 and anticipate a kingside attack.

d4 Kf3 e3 Bd3 Kbd2

Game 3: In a kingside attack, keep an eye out for overworked pieces. Sacrifices that double down on these overcommitted pieces are acceptable to break open a castle.

Positional superiority (possibly) justifies the sacrifice of a piece to break open a castled king by force.