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Tu e s d a y, J u n e 2 3 , 2 0 0 9
I've been interested for some time in Alexander Bangiev's "B-Method" of decomposing a chess position so that
one can find reasonable candidate moves based on (what I find) his unique and innovative system called the
Squares Strategy. Here I'll attempt to explain as much as I can how a run-of-the-mill player like myself views
this method and if it is something that the average Joe chess player can take advantage of. Bangiev claims
that this method targets players rated approximately 1800 in the german rating system, and that is just
about where I sit today, give or take 100 points. I will leave out the "B-Notation" - the shorthand symbolic
language he uses to discuss the specifics of a position - as that just tends to confuse the new learner. I'll
attempt to explain it in laymans english. Hopefully I do not violate any copyrights. If I do, I apologize.
First we must define what it is we are looking at: What is The Squares Strategy? If you were to read the scant
reviews about Bangiev's Chessbase CDs on Chess Cafe and other 'reputable' sites, you'd most likely be put off
on purchasing these CD's, and that might be justified at some level, but I find that the reviewers missed the
mark in attempting to understand what Bangiev's B-Method is all about: Color Complexes.
Everyone knows what a 'color complex' is, even if you are not specifically aware that is what it is called. All
chess players have erroneously played g3 in front of their castled king position after trading off their light-
squared Bishop, at some point in their chess career, and had the unwanted pleasure of watching your
opponent occupy the squares f3, g4, and h3 and proceed to slaughter your King where he stands. Those
squares are a 'color complex' of light squares. This is the basis of the B-Method, but don't let the terminology
scare you away. Just knowing that is where the ideas are coming from is enough to get us started.
The B-Method begins by asking the same three questions at each move of the game:
1) The Strategy Question (SQ)
2) The Direction Question (DQ)
3) The Color Question (CQ)
After answering those three VITAL questions, we can continue with three more questions:
4) Put to Question which pieces
5) CAndidate Moves
6) The Game Move
Naturally, one has to understand the question before one asks, so lets try and decompose each question in
simple(r) terms.
This is, in a very broad nutshell, the B-Method. Is it useful as described above? I think it is, but it will take a
certain amount of practice and training to get used to the ideas presented. A good start would be to take a
bunch of master games and play the first several moves then do the assessment yourself for both sides, note
it, and see how the players follow your ideas. Continue to reassess the position every move or so. Naturally,
a better way is to buy all three CDs but I don't want to sound like a Bangiev Shill, but they can be had at the
Chessbase Store on the internet.
Happy Chess!
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