Today we will watch one of Smyslov’s games. He was a great chess player. In today’s game, we will look at how to create an outpost for knight and what should we do after creating outpost.

So first of all, we should know, what is an outpost and what are conditions where we can say we have an outpost.

So the outpost must be near the enemy’s territory.

It must be safe from pawn attack.

It must be protected.

If you can get this type of outpost then you will have a good grip on your opponent. For example, if you have a knight’s outpost on 6th rank then you can attack both side on the flank or on the kingside. Your knight will control a lot of squares on your enemy’s territory.

Enough theory let’s watch the game and see how he created an outpost for knight and used his outpost to attack the king.

Game: Smyslov vs Rudakovsky

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1945.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Rudakovsky, Iosif"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B83"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1945.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. f5 Bc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. c3 b5 19. b3 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Rc8 21. Rf3 Kh8 22. f6 gxf6 23. Qh4 Rg8 24. Nxf6 Bxf6 25. Qxf6+ Rg7 26. Rg3 Rcg8 27. Rd1 d5 28. Rxg7 Rxg7 29. Rxd5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Conclusion:

I hope you got the point and you should be able to create an outpost in your next game. good luck. :).