Kenilworth Kibitzer

The least motion principle is the Occam's razor of chemistry - basically, the less that atoms have to move in space for a chemical reaction to occur, the more likely that reaction is to happen.  I found myself wondering if the same idea can apply to positional play in chess...the less you have to move your pieces for a given task, the more likely you are to succeed.  Economy of movement is key to attacking chess, but also to positional maneuvering.  Sometimes the weakest response to a threat against a piece or pawn is to move it away from the threat, rather than supporting the piece or even ignoring the threat with a counter threat!