This is one of the main factor for winning chess. We have thousands of games where one player has development advantage and converted into wining. The first thing you should look at when you have advantage of development is The King. So you may have to sacrifice pieces in order to checkmate your opponent’s king. But you can only start king hunt when you have huge development advantage. Here are some of games where one player uses his development advantage to attack or creating weakness on opponent’s camp. lets watch these games.

In this game white created weakness at e6 in his opponent’s camp and later exploited.

Game S.Williams vs T.Woodward

[Event "Hastings"] [Site "?"] [Date "2004.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "S.Williams"] [Black "T.Woodward"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D10"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nce2 Nf6 7. Ng3 Ba6 8. e5 Nd5 9. e6 fxe6 10. Nf3 g6 11. Ne4 Bg7 12. Nc5 Qc8 13. g3 e5 14. Ng5 O-O 15. Bh3 Qc7 16. Nce6 Qa5 17. Nxf8 Bxf8 18. O-O c3 19. Re1 Bh6 20. Be6+ Kg7 21. Qf3 Nf6 22. dxe5 cxb2 23. Bxb2 Bxg5 24. h4 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Game R.Fischer vs I.Jovanovac

[Event "Vinkovci"] [Site "?"] [Date "1968.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "R.Fischer"] [Black "I.Jovanovac"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B09"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1968.??.??"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nfd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. f5 c6 10. Ng5 Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. Be3 Bh6 13. Qd2 f6 14. Qf2 Bxg5 15. Bxb6 Qd7 16. Bc5 Re8 17. h4 Bf4 18. g3 gxf5 19. gxf4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Kh8 21. f5 Na6 22. Bxa6 bxa6 23. Kh2 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Game A.Beliavsky vs B.Larsen

[Event "Tilburg"] [Site "?"] [Date "1981.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "A.Beliavsky"] [Black "B.Larsen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1981.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne5 a5 14. Rhe1 a4 15. Ng6 Nd5 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Bd6 Rg8 18. c4 Nb4 19. Qh3 fxg6 20. Rxe6+ Kf7 21. hxg6+ Kxe6 22. Re1+ Ne5 23. Bxe5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Game K.Mah vs B.Vuckovic

[Event "European U16 Championship, Zagan"] [Site "?"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "K.Mah"] [Black "B.Vuckovic"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e4 dxe4 6. Bc4 cxd4 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Nd5 Qd7 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Qg3 Bxf4 11. Qxf4 Kd8 12. Qe5 Nc6 13. Qxg7 Qg4 14. Qf8+ Kd7 15. Qxf7+ Kd8 16. Qc7+ Ke8 17. Qd6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

So in conclusion when you have advantage in development you must attack the king or create a weakness in your opponent’s camp.