Good and Bad Pieces: Improve Your Least Active Piece
Spot outposts, bad bishops, open files, and active rooks on the seventh rank.
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A good piece has useful squares and a clear job. An outpost is a square an enemy pawn cannot chase a supported piece from; a bad bishop is blocked by friendly pawns on its colour. Rooks like open files and can attack from the seventh rank.
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A good piece has useful squares and a clear job. An outpost is a square an enemy pawn cannot chase a supported piece from; a bad bishop is blocked by friendly pawns on its colour. Rooks like open files and can attack from the seventh rank.