The Abysmal Depths of Chess

  "… in assessing how bad a bad bishop is, or equivalently how weak a weak square complex is with a view to the endgame, the main criterion must be: how easily can the opponent’s king break in?" Michael Stean

  "… an outpost is a square at the forefront of your position which you can readily support and from where you can control or contest squares in the heart of the enemy camp … in particular it must be immune to attack by enemy pawns. " Michael Stean

Black to play A chesser walking into a stalemate from an overwhelming position is a bit like a batsman getting hit in the box. Just as painful and similarly musing to absolutely everybody save for the person on the receiving end.

April 1989, Position E White to play Petursson - Halasz, Naestved Open 1988 Contributions to the comments box are welcome. I’ll reply with what the Masters have to say about their choice to anybody who suggests a move.