Concept

Initiative

You might say: dynamic advantage, calling the shots

The temporary dynamic advantage of making threats that require answers; it is broader than a direct king attack.

What it does

Buys time for an attack or for conversion into a lasting advantage, but can vanish when the opponent consolidates.

Ask

Who is making the threats now, and what lasting advantage appears if the pressure is answered?

Typical

Temporary or converted; attacking or positional; dynamic against static advantages.

Trouble

The attacker makes a slow move, the opponent gets a free move, and the initiative disappears while a material or structural plus remains.

Connections

• Raises: Plan
• Raises: King attack

Sources

1. Jeremy Silman, What Is The Initiative?, What Is The Initiative?An initiative isn’t necessarily an attack. It just means that you are calling the shots and your opponent has to respond.
2. Jeremy Silman, What Is The Initiative?, What Is The Initiative?In other cases, you can transform your initiative (usually temporary) into a long-term, static advantage.

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