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Questions concerning the overall configuration of pawns in a game, e.g. what pawn structure features should be sought or avoided, when to alter the structure, how to work with one's pieces in a given structure, etc.
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How to proceed in this endgame position?
This is a very common kind of endgame, where you have a pawn majority on one side and fight against a single pawn in the center. Winning this is not difficult, but let's first look at your game...
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Understanding the Tarrasch defence to the Queen's gambit
What is the idea behind 4... c5?
Basically the same ideas as behind playing c4 in the Queen's gambit:
challenging the center,
potentially exchanging the c-pawn for a valuable central pawn,
o …
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Pawn storm, should I start with h4 or g4?
Typically you use a pawn storm to exchange pawns around the castled enemy king and thereby to open lines and diagonals for an attack. Most of the time you want a closed (to some extent) center in orde …
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What does "knights have no long-lasting support points" mean in this game?
It is not that the pawn on f5 achieves/helps this. As far as I understand Silman, what he means is that black can play 10...f5, which gives white a protected passed pawn and which weakens the square e …
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Looking for openings by pawn structure
Are you sure about the FEN, particularly the black pawn on b3? Also a white pawn is missing. Ignoring the a-b and g-h pawns and focusing on the central pawns....
It is very unusual to get that much s …
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Why do chess programs do bad against pawns?
Several points regarding your question:
Cannot compare computer and human rating
In your question you compare a computer with "players that would be similarly ranked."
However, the rating systems u …
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Undermining pawn chains at the "wrong" end
Usually if there is a blocked pawn chain one is trying to attack it close to its base with a pawn from the side.
For instance, in the classical king's Indian black is playing f5 (not c6) and later (i …
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How would you make a queenside pawn storm opening idea work?
In your example the game was basically played on the kingside only as your "pawn storm" did not get beyond the 5th rank. With or without pawn storm white would not really want to put pieces on the que …
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