Category: Taxonomy

  • Chess Taxonomy

    I am working on creating a Chessbase notebook (more on this in a much future post), and I am working out a way to effectively categorize my chess content. Below is a draft of the taxonomy I plan on using. For example pins would be categorized as Middlegame – Tactics – Pins, whereas King and pawn endgame content would be categorized as Endgame – Theory – K+P.

    Opening

    Principles
    e4- opening name
    d4 – opening name
    Tactics

    Middlegame

    Tactics – Pin
    Tactics – Backrank weakness
    Tactics – Decoy
    Tactics – Deflection
    Tactics – Double Attack
    Tactics – Exposed King
    Tactics – Fork
    Tactics – In-Between Move
    Tactics – Interference
    Tactics – Clearence
    Tactics – Mating Patterns
    Tactics – Overworked Piece
    Tactics – LPDO
    Tactics – Promotion
    Tactics – Skewer
    Strategy – BishopPair
    Strategy – Good vs. Bad Bishop
    Strategy – Bishop vs. Knight
    Strategy – Open Lines and Diagonals
    Strategy – Central Control
    Strategy – Closed Positions
    Strategy – Space
    Strategy – Activity
    Strategy – Isolated Pawns
    Strategy – Backward Pawns
    Strategy – Doubled Pawns
    Strategy – Pawn Chains
    Strategy – Passed Pawns
    Strategy – Minory Attack
    Strategy – Weak Color Complex
    Strategy – Weak Squares
    Strategy – Outposts
    Strategy – Positional Sacrifice
    Strategy – Harmony of the Pieces
    Strategy – Development

    Endgame

    Theory (Mueller / Fine type content)

    Theory – Lucena Position
    Theory – Philidor Position
    Theory – Shouldering
    Theory – Opposition
    Theory – Triangulation
    Theory – K+P
    Theory – R+P
    Theory – RvR
    Theory – Double Rook
    Theory – Queen
    Theory – Minor Piece  
    Theory – Fortresses
    Theory – BvN
    Theory – Bishops of Same Color
    Theory – Opposite Color Bishops

    Practice (Shereshevsky type content)
    Practice – King Centralization
    Practice –  Principle of Two Weaknesses
    Practice – Do Not Rush
    Practice – Passed Pawns
    Practice – Schematic Thinking
    Practice – Exchanges
    Practice – Fight for the Initative
    Practice – Prophalaxis
    Practice – Bishop Pair
    Practice – Zugzwang
    Practice – Fortresses
    Practice – Converting and Advantage