Outposts: chess middlegame concept

The square where your knight lives forever

Outpost: a square in enemy territory where your knight sits forever, no pawn can kick it.

• Outpost: enemy territory, no pawn kick, your own defender.
• Knights make the best outpost pieces: long range doesn't matter when you can't be moved.
• Bishops use outposts too, just less well than knights.
• Trade off an enemy knight eyeing your own weak square.