Guided replay

Planting a knight

Watch a knight settle onto a protected outpost.

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Open Sicilian — Sveshnikov

A great square is worth working for. Here White manoeuvres a knight to a permanent outpost on d5, supported by a pawn and beyond the reach of any Black pawn. The eval stays level — proof that the outpost is a slow, structural trump, not a quick tactic.

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