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A '''switchback''' is a situation in which a [[ladder]] moves back two rows and changes direction. The attacker is still in control after the switchback. Although it is not always ladder escape, it often can be and is usually a strong play. | A '''switchback''' is a situation in which a [[ladder]] moves back two rows and changes direction. The attacker is still in control after the switchback. Although it is not always ladder escape, it often can be and is usually a strong play. | ||
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| + | The situation prior two a switchback looks like this: | ||
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| + | <hex>R4 C8 Q1 Vc1, Vc2, Vh1, Hb2, Hd2, Hb4</hex> | ||
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| + | Red makes a switchback as follows: | ||
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| + | <hex>R4 C8 Q1 Vd1, Vc2, Vh1, Hb2, Hd2, Hb4 N:on Vc3, Hc4, Vd3, Hd4, Ve3, He4, Vg3, Hf3</hex> | ||
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| + | Now the ladder continues back to the left: | ||
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| + | <hex>R4 C8 Q1 Vd1, Vc2, Vh1, Hb2, Hd2, Hb4, Vc3, Hc4, Vd3, Hd4, Ve3, He4, Vg3, Hf3 N:on Vg3, Hf2, Vf3, He2</hex> | ||
Revision as of 00:25, 3 November 2009
A switchback is a situation in which a ladder moves back two rows and changes direction. The attacker is still in control after the switchback. Although it is not always ladder escape, it often can be and is usually a strong play.
The situation prior two a switchback looks like this:
Red makes a switchback as follows:
Now the ladder continues back to the left:
