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Emergo Basic Tactics
All tactics revolve around the basic
strategy outlined.
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Leapfrogging: who captures
how many times and who has the move when capture comes to a standstill.
The absolute basics are illustrated in the two-piece endgames below,
in which composition and opposition play the key roles.
With more pieces interacting, the complexity of capturing sequences soon becomes
too dazzling to allow specific advise.
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The seesaw: forcing the opponent to capture to and fro over a piece,
while arranging, if possible, his funeral. Here are some examples taken from the
problems:
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Roundabout capture: arranging the opponent's pieces into a
triangle or any configuration allowing roundabout capture, and decapitating the whole in
a single sweep. Here are some examples taken from the problems:
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Here are two more examples taken from the problems,
combining a seesaw and roundabout capture:
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The boomerang a 3-piece round dance leading to the stunning
draw by 3-fold described in the rules.
Here are some examples taken from the problems:
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