Restricting the Knight's Mobility

One step short of switching the knight off: limiting its jumps. Every square denied to the knight narrows the circle in which it can defend, and the attacker gains free time elsewhere. The chapter shows how the circle is closed and how the game is widened around it.

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Karpov, Anatoly — Bagirov, Vladimir URS-ch38 · 1970.??.?? · 1-0
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Keres, Paul — Unzicker, Wolfgang Hamburg m · 1956.??.?? · 1-0
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Spassky, Boris V — Keres, Paul Candidates qf3 · 1965.??.?? · 1-0
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Atkins, Henry Ernest — Capablanca, Jose Raul London BCF Congress · 1922.??.?? · 0-1
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Rubinstein, Akiba — Tarrasch, Siegbert Berlin Tageblatt+ · 1928.??.?? · 1-0