An Opening Rule :-)

You should not make more than three pawn moves in the first eight moves.

Zugswang Applicable to Benoni's Fighting :-)

"Zugzwang" describes a situation in which a player would rather not make any move at all, the fact that they must leads to disaster. Try to put Black in such a situation! Also, please note that the only "realistic" defensive squares are c7 and c5. Since the King must choose to make a move if there were legal moves possible; otherwise, it is a stalemate, a draw. So the King has to wait a move to defend again; often this would lead to disaster under the concept of Zugzwang.

White to win must carry out each move as "one" action, Kf6 works as distant opposition on the Black's pawn. Afterwards, Black could go to b5, waiting for opportunities to attack at c4, "one" action also.

White then attacks at e7, "one" action. So Black King, being near the center, protects the Black pawn with counter-attack at c5. White King then "drops" a rank protecting the attacked pawn, the intention here is "one" action; Black King makes a move and leaves the Black pawn "isolated", White King would grab it right away :-)

Remember "one" complete action would lead to success in closed-hand combat, especially positions such as from the Benoni.

The Chessboard :-)

Please remember the following about the chessboard:

White on the right.

Kingside Checkmating :-)

The reason I put the King's Bishop on d3 was to decoy the Knight to d4 for a pawn; thus the diagonal b1-h7 was clear. Immediately, this led to a combination shot with both bishops and the White Queen!

Note: The King's bishop did its duty in King's opening such as this one, a Caro-Cann Opening. It made it to f7 and occupied the opponent's "throat"! As there were many short games in the past, especially still in the opening, Qh5's giving check where the h5-e8 diagonal was classic. In this case, the Black King could not go back to his throne at g8. The f6-square was covered by the e5-pawn. Finally, the Queen's Bishop made its day.