National Master Dan Heisman defines the initiative in chess and shows three games as examples:

1) An amateur game where an early (unplayed) capture would force the opponent to recapture & help White retain the initiative, whereas passive guarding gave Black free reign,

2) A game Dan played vs a mid-level engine where repeated threats (mostly AWL - Attack with something Worth Less: [ Ссылка ] ), gave him a big initiative and eventually a winning attack, and

3) The game Alekhine-Issakoff, Moscow Champioonship 1919 where Alekhine plays a gambit and later sacrifices a piece for the initiative.

NM Dan Heisman has been a full-time chess instructor since 1996 and is the author of 12 chess books, the TV show "Q&A with Coach Heisman" on Chess.com and the radio show "Ask the Renaissance Man" on the Internet Chess Club. Radio personality Howard Stern was one of Dan's students. Dan tries to answer comments on YouTube but for a quicker, more comprehensive answer (or questions about lessons), contact Dan via email, skype, or phone via Dan's website www.danheisman.com. His Chess Tip of the Day is @danheisman on Twitter, which won the award for "Best Twitter Feed" in 2021 from the Chess Journalists of America. #Chess #ImproveChess #ChessInstruction #ChessThinking #ChessThoughtProcess #ChessStyle #ChessImprovement #InstructiveChess #ChessMicroInfluencer #AttackingChess #AggressiveChess #ChessInitiative

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