Suffocating your opponent through lack of space(my chess teacher once showed me an exaggerated example of a crushing space advantage-even though black has all his pieces on the board, he has only one king move available, alternating between Kh8 and Kg8!), Knight Forks with Check(basically forces a win of material) and forcing an exchange between a good piece and a bad one.
What are your 3 favorite chess ideas?
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"Suffocating your opponent through lack of space" basically results in zugzwang, btw
When a player is "in zugzwang" he/she can not make any constructive move to help themselves. (Opposition being the simplest form of zugzwang)
zwischenzug, zugzwang, and zeitnot!
Well they're all Zs anyway.
Gambit play
Initiative
Tempo
I like zugzwang, distant opposition and removal of the defender...