Yes, I know, it just got a bit more complicated, but you can see in the game below how easy it was for the white pawns to force the knight to keep moving. Black has moved just one piece, the knight, and meanwhile white has taken impressive control over the center of the board.
Much better to place the knight in "holes" in the opponent's pawn structure. In the following position, the knight would be very well placed in the hole marked with an "X" Note that there, the white pawns will not be able to attack or capture the knight, and from the hole, the knight helps to control eight squares. Can you safely manoeuver the knight to the hole in just three moves?
