the king is a powerful piece more than 100 illustrative games drop it's the pick of the

it's the pick of the bunch of this month's opening round up

Nikolay Yakovlev has worked as a professional chess coach in Saint Petersburg for over 25 years

But what about its strategic value

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the king is a powerful piece more than 100 illustrative games drop it's the pick of theCowering in the middlegame, towering in the endgame: chess theory teaches that the king needs protection from enemy pieces until the ending, when finally it can come out from hiding to decisive effect. But what if the king can take care of itself, and even march out to battle with its army? FIDE Master and coach Tigran Gyozalyan fills a gap in the chess literature with the first systematic exploration of the kings role and capabilities in the opening