Answers.Body: <p>Prior to castling, f2/f7 are the most exploitable squares in the game, because they are defended by only one piece: the king. That's why so many king-stuck-in-the-center games are rounded off by a piece sacrificing itself on those squares.</p>
  
  <p>On the queenside, the c2 and c7 squares also have problems, because of a tactical sequence like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>1. Bf1-b5+ Qb6xb5
  2. Nd5-c7 (forking the queen with either a king on e8, or a rook on a8)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But these tactics happen less often than tactics on f2-f7, because the queen is usually a better defender than the king.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>In the French Defense, Tarrash variation, `1.e4,e6 2.d4,d5 3.Nd2, Nf6 4.e5,Nfd7 White must carefully guard d4 and e5 as Black will play c5, &amp; Nc6, &amp; possibly Qb6. One scheme for White is Bd3 &amp; Ndf3 &amp; Ne2  &amp; c3 (not necessarily in that order) &amp; be willing to play ef6 if Black plays f6 (which can result in a weak Black pawn on e6).</p>
  
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Body: <p>Generally are there any distinguishable patterns you look find in the opening that you recognize as weak, or exploitable. Or generally any openings that provide the over-bearing sense of duty on a piece? </p>
  
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Comments.Text: Chess is too complex of a game to be generalizable in that way. Which squares are key and which pieces are most important are all context dependent, i.e. depend on the intricate details of a given position. If you have a specific opening in mind, that would help to make the question less vague and you'd then probably receive actually useful answers.
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Title: What are the most common squares to be overworked?
ThreadText: # What are the most common squares to be overworked?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-23)
  
  Generally are there any distinguishable patterns you look find in the opening that you recognize as weak, or exploitable. Or generally any openings that provide the over-bearing sense of duty on a piece?
  
  **Tags:** positional-play
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Chess is too complex of a game to be generalizable in that way. Which squares are key and which pieces are most important are all context dependent, i.e. depend on the intricate details of a given position. If you have a specific opening in mind, that would help to make the question less vague and you'd then probably receive actually useful answers.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-01-23. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  Prior to castling, f2/f7 are the most exploitable squares in the game, because they are defended by only one piece: the king. That's why so many king-stuck-in-the-center games are rounded off by a piece sacrificing itself on those squares.
  
  On the queenside, the c2 and c7 squares also have problems, because of a tactical sequence like this:
  
  ```
  1. Bf1-b5+ Qb6xb5
  2. Nd5-c7 (forking the queen with either a king on e8, or a rook on a8)
  
  ```
  
  But these tactics happen less often than tactics on f2-f7, because the queen is usually a better defender than the king.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2018-01-24. Score: 0
  
  In the French Defense, Tarrash variation, `1.e4,e6 2.d4,d5 3.Nd2, Nf6 4.e5,Nfd7 White must carefully guard d4 and e5 as Black will play c5, & Nc6, & possibly Qb6. One scheme for White is Bd3 & Ndf3 & Ne2 & c3 (not necessarily in that order) & be willing to play ef6 if Black plays f6 (which can result in a weak Black pawn on e6).
  
  
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