Strategy · Plan long-term

Fix your weakest link

Middlegame plans often start with the worst piece. Off the board, finding the weakest link becomes a habit only if you practise it there too, as this week’s task asks.

On the board, nothing is urgent here. White's bishop on c1 is shut in by its own pawns and touches nothing. The best plan is to give it a road, starting with b3, so it can come out to b2 or a3.