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  • Building A Fortress

  • By FM FunMasterMike
  • Jul 13, 2016 70237 Views 11 minutes
  • You usually want to make your pieces as active as possible, with lots to do, but sometimes the best plan is for them to do...nothing. How can this be? FunMasterMike explains the important concept of fortresses on the chessboard: what they are, how to set them up, and why you would want to use them.
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