Refer to the image above. It is Game 16 of the 1985 World Chess Championship, featuring Garry Kasparov’s masterful deployment of the legendary “Octopus” Knight on d3, a powerful piece that controls eight crucial squares and effectively paralyzes Anatoly Karpov’s major pieces, preventing their coordination and enabling Kasparov’s decisive victory.
A single knight move to a Key Leverage Point (the square on d3) by Kasparov enabled him to control 8 squares and eventually won the game – that’s leverage.
This an in example of “Leverage” – the core idea is always using something to gain a greater advantage or result. This includes putting the right people in the right place of influence.
