Pawn Structure Chess by Soltis Andrew

Author:Soltis, Andrew [Soltis, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: [Amazon], Chess, Non Fiction
ISBN: 9781849941150
Published: 2013-02-14T08:00:00+00:00

1 d4 c5 2 d5 e5 3 c4 d6 4 e4 f5? 5 exf5 xf5 6 e2 f6 7 bc3 e7 8 g3 g6.

White to play

Black’s temporary control of the light squares e4 and f5 disappeared after 9 d3! and 9 … xd3 10 xd3. Moreover, after 10 … 0-0 11 0-0 bd7 12 ce4 he had to stop g5-e6.

White made further progress after 12 … e8 13 d2 h4 14 ae1 a6 15 f4! e7 16 g5!, threatening mate. Since 16 … ef6 17 f5 would lose outright and Black didn’t like the looks of 16 … g6 17 e6 and f4-f5, he played 16 … xg5 17 fxg5 g6.

But then the dark squares, principally f6, could be exploited, and the game ended with 18 xf8+ xf8 19 e4 d7 20 f1 b5 21 b3 b4 22 h4 g7 23 f6+ h8 24 h3! f5 25 h5 f8 (or 25 … xf6 26 gxf6 and 27 g4) 26 hxg6 d4 27 xh7! xh7 28 f7 Resigns.

When Black retakes on f5 with a pawn he may find himself with greater control of the center than White. He temporarily owns d4, e4 and f4. But if he advances either his e- or f-pawn, both become weaker:

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