Chapter 13 of 68
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One of the most common advantages in chess - the Space Advantage. The player who has more space can maneuver with the pieces more easily, transfer pieces from one side to the other, and has greater chances of success on that side of the board. Having space is most often characterized by the pawn structure. Important: when we have more space, we would like to avoid exchanging pieces, because for the reasons stated above, while if we have less space, our position is cramped and quite often the pieces would like to go to the same squares, so we would like to exchange pieces to reach harmony in our position. Note that sometimes having space may not be great if there is reduced material on the board, our pawns can become overextended and potentially weak.