Fundamental/Basic weakness?

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Fundamental/Basic weakness?

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Wed Nov 21, 2018 12:28 pm

Hi.
What is a fundamental/basic weakness, as opposed to an advanced weakness?

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Re: Fundamental/Basic weakness?

Post by John McKenna » Wed Nov 21, 2018 1:23 pm

More context - a full quote of the original sentence(s) - is needed to understand what 'advanced' means in this case.

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Re: Fundamental/Basic weakness?

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Wed Nov 21, 2018 2:31 pm

reaching

GM Grivas writes:
White has the bishop-pair, while Black enjoys the healthier pawn-structure. Black has cor­rectly attacked White's centre with his c- and e-pawns ; trying to create some fundamental
weaknesses.

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Re: Fundamental/Basic weakness?

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Wed Nov 21, 2018 2:58 pm

The fundamental weaknesses here would be weak pawns; probably an isolated pawn on d4 or c3. The implication of "fundamental" in this context is that of being hard to rectify.

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Re: Fundamental/Basic weakness?

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Wed Nov 21, 2018 3:07 pm

And what is advanced weakness?
I asked the author for e4xamples and he said a basic (fundamental) weakness is like an isolated pawn and an advanced weakness is like a superfluos piece. I later asaked if basic weakewss is staticx weakess and he said 'could'. no more useful comment.

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Re: Fundamental/Basic weakness?

Post by John McKenna » Wed Nov 21, 2018 4:55 pm

Then I'd say that 'advanced' weakness(es) was being used in the sense of higher level rather than anything else. I.e. the classification of basic, intermediate and advanced books on chess is common.

The exploitation of weak pieces is a topic the author regards as more difficult than the exploitation of weak pawns and therefore is an advanced one.
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Re: Fundamental/Basic weakness?

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Wed Nov 21, 2018 6:43 pm

Thanks. Your were right. Basic weaknesses are thought at basic levels. Confirmed by the author

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piece harmony/cooperation

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Wed Nov 28, 2018 11:08 am

Hi
What's the difference between piece harmony and piece cooperation?

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Re: Fundamental/Basic weakness?

Post by Javier Gil » Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:28 am

I don't think there's much of a difference. If your pieces are harmoniously placed, they're more likely to be able to cooperate, that's all.

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