Steinitz-Von Bardeleben | Isolated Pawn | Clearing the d4 square

Steinitz-Von Bardeleben | Isolated Pawn | Clearing the d4 square

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The d4-d5 advance of the isolated pawn can be used to clear the d4 square for a knight which can be used for the attack against the black king. In this game, World Champion Wilhelm Steinitz created a masterpiece about the theme how to attack against the uncastled king:

In the afternoon I studied 1 hour of tactics. You can solve a few of them on the diagrams and can watch the video to solve the others: 

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