Outpost II

The second part of the outpost study: what to do once the piece is installed. The examples show the knight switching to decisive action along the lines its outpost controls — and the defender's increasingly desperate attempts to dig it out with pieces of higher value.

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Rubinstein, Akiba — Duras, Oldrich Karlsbad · 1911.??.?? · 1-0
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Nimzowitsch, Aaron — Tarrasch, Siegbert DSB-24.Kongress · 1925.??.?? · 1-0
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Miles, Anthony J — Ligterink, Gert Amsterdam zt · 1978.??.?? · 1-0
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Botvinnik, Mikhail — Chekhover, Vitaly Moscow · 1935.??.?? · 1-0
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Spassky, Boris V — Petrosian, Tigran V URS-ch22 · 1955.??.?? · 1/2-1/2