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Does this constellation (knight being backed by bishop in front of white's castle have a specific name or something? (discuss.tchncs.de)

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My father is annoyingly using this construct that I find very hard to break into, he played white here. So I would like to find a strategy against it :-)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Threaten the far left pawn with anything else, then take it with the knight. This will nearly guarantee he moves his rook.