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Emergo Strategy
Cornerstone of all Emergo strategy is getting a few strong pieces rather than a lot of
weak ones. Now ironically you cannot do that yourself: only your opponent can stack up
your men, and he does so by capturing them. Having your men captured is great! The more
the better! But .... you must be sure to liberate them afterwards. To put it simple,
Emergo strategy is:
Feed, Decapitate,
Bury!
Feed as many men as you possibly can to an opponent's weak piece,
preferably one that already holds prisoners. But always make sure that you can
decapitate it, liberating a very strong piece.
Now you start to bury the opponent's men under this piece,
using your tactical ingenuity to get it done.
- Pieces always start out at their strongest.
Involvement in the action means an increasing number of prisoners under a decreasing cap.
There's a certain moment in which a piece becomes a liability.
Its easy to see that six under six means a win in virtually any situation:
you can't remove the cap with what's left. But how about five under two?
This would depend, if not on tactics, on the nature of the position. Can the piece
retreat while others wear down would be attackers? Then its a nice catch that may even
play an offensive role in a small caps endgame. But if the piece gets drawn into a
combination prior to that, it usually means that more prisoners are liberated
than the number you tried to tuck away in the first place, because the piece is fed in
the process of its decapitation. Things may look safe, but
tactics are diabolical!
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