In this chapter, you will learn how a knight on an outpost generates tactical opportunities - forks, discovered attacks and other motifs leading to clean material gain.
Example 1: In the position below, White has a strong knight on e5 which controls quite a few key squares such as f7 and g6. How can White continue?
1.Nxd5!
Black can't take on c2 due to a nice intermezzo: Nxe7+! He decides to recapture: 1...ed 2.Qxc8+!
2...Rxc8 3.Rxc8+ Kh7
forking the king and queen. When the dust settles, Black will find themselves being down an exchange having a completely losing position.
Example 2: In the below example, White has a magnificent knight on f5 that's suffocating Black's movement of pieces on the king side.
Black has no choice, but to take the f3 pawn since going to the "h" file isn't an option due to Rh2 - pinning the queen to the king. 1...Qxf3 2.Qd1! - this was the whole point of sacrificing the pawn.
White's attacking the d8 rook and setting up a discovery on Black's queen.
2...Rxd6 3.Rh2+ and White wins Black's queen.
White is completely winning now. The rest is a matter of technique.