Outranking by Outflanking by Bruce Pandolfini In the opening, when you flank, you develop a bishop to the side and aim it at the center. In the endgame, when you outflank, well, you don't do the opposite. That is, you don't develop a bishop to the center and aim it at the flank. Good old endgame. It's full of all kinds of themes and fancy names to designate those themes. The concept of outflanking: that's a military term in real life, but what's it got to do with chess? Chess experts and theorists seem to use it in slightly different ways. Nevertheless, for many endgame enthusiasts, outflanking tends to refer to maneuvers by which one king, primarily using the opposition, is able to … [Read more...]