The concept is slightly complicated to teach and study but as the concept gets cleared, the creation of an outpost proves to be extremely useful in game play to attain better positions. This also helps to block the opponents open files and allows the controller of the outpost to dominate the position. their true masters, but rather are merely descendants of one of their. follow the commands of the Seven above the Blackbloods, as they are not. Outpost exerts permanent pressure on your opponent’s territory that is very difficult to get rid off. According to Janya and Kultor, Aster betrayed his siblings and spawned his own descendants, the Blackbloods. He also wrote that overprotecting of a squares and pieces strengthens the position and makes the square more valuable. An outpost square can also be used to transfer pieces to another part of the board.Īron Nimzovich introduced this concept to the world in his book ‘ My System’ where he said that a strategically important point should have more defenders than attackers. The most important use of an outpost is to use it as a base to develop attacks, much like an outpost used by a military. In some cases, in order to undermine an outpost, the player has to allow his/her opponent to creates a passed pawn.Īn outpost restricts the opponent’s move options and promotes the formation of weaknesses. If you plan on pushing a piece away then the player must be prepared for a bade exchange or trade. The Blackblood tribe entrusted with opening the portal made a second pact with the humans to leave the Blackbloods, Blackfist, and Lu-Qiri in the plane of ashes. Many of these creatures were banished to the Plane of Ashes when the Blackbloods were betrayed, but several were freed when Talon opened the portal. Lu-Qiri require a Blackblood master to tame them and help them.
The main idea is to undermine an outpost, that is instead of trying to attack it immediately, try to build pressure on and around the outpost.įor example, in the position above, Rook on the file to d8 would build a good amount of pressure on the white bishop on d5. The Lu-Qiri, or 'demons' as humans call them, were a species that came from another plane of dimension.