Active: Course Module Format

Active: Course Module Format

Please read the background about the course concept, and then practice the concept using the 'Practice Resources' found at the end of this course module page


The Theory

The term 'Active' is often used in relation to a particular piece to describe that it is doing something "active" in the position.

But also more broadly a position can be described as 'Active' as opposed to being 'Passive'. If a person's position is 'Active' it often implies all the persons are working well and are providing the player with Active counterplay.

One of the most spectacularly 'Active' Knights in Chess history was Kasparov's knight on d3, which occured in a game against Karpov in a World championship game.



Practice resources

Master Collection Games illustrating this Glossary concept (Glossary Recommended illustrations)

There are no 'tagged' games for this Glossary item yet. You may want to tag some instructive games to dynamically extend this section
The instructions for 'tagging' can be found at the bottom of the Tag collections page

Games generally tagged with the Glossary item

Master Collection Games illustrating this Glossary concept

Tag:  Active knight on d3

Play like...Karpov,Anatoly vs. Kasparov,Garry, 1985
Play through...Karpov,Anatoly vs. Kasparov,Garry, 1985



If you want to share this course module on the Chess forum, use the following code on a new new chess forum post

<a href='learn_glossary.asp?coursemodule=1&letter=Active'>Active: Course Module Format</a>