Weak Squares and Outposts Part 3 - Judit Polgar

Of course, pawns must move if we are going to make progress in a game, and weaknesses must therefore be created. Bobby Fischer pointed out that in chess you must always give up something to gain something. Every time you open a path for one of your pieces, you are also providing a potential point of infiltration for one of your opponent's pieces.

The game in the diagram above is full of examples where both sides created weaknesses in their own camps. Sometimes these weaknesses were created by the player's own volition for the purpose of some desired gain; and other times the weaknesses were created by the provocation of the opponent's moves. Here is the game in full:

Not only is Judit Polgar the best female player to ever sit at a chess board, but she is also among the best players in the history of the game, regardless of gender. Here is another fine example of creating and exploiting weaknesses against another one of history's best chess players: