Hi, Rod. Thanks for the article. Of course, the thing we have to remember is not to expose the castled king to weakness like those shown by white in last week's problem 21. There, both black's rook and queen found holes to sit in backed up by the bishop and another rook. Of course, that was a chess problem but could easily be reached in any number of ways in any number of games. Part of our decision-making is when to leave the castled position stagnant and when, in the endgame or late middle, to make it more dynamic. David Rosenkoetter ____________________________________________________________ Penny Stock Jumping 2000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4bf434616424a50b012st04vuc =========The blind-chess mailing list View list information and change your settings: //www.freelists.org/list/blind-chess List archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/blind-chess =======