Crushed by pawns - what happened?

Verbeena · 2019-11-10T06:11:13-08:00

Beginners are usually advised not make too many pawn moves in early stage of the game and develop the pieces instead. That's what i did, but ended up being crushed by my opponents pawns. What did i failed to understand during this game? Should i have gained more space by advancing my pawns inst

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Rook_Handler

Nov 12, 2019

#21

You didn't try to counterattack. When you are facing pawn storms, it is important to counterattack in the center with a pawn break. You needed to move the Knight out of the way of the f-pawn, play f6 and then e5.

bicycleice

Nov 15, 2019

#22

Wow

EndgameEnthusiast2357

Nov 15, 2019

#23

Pesky Pawns...

EndgameEnthusiast2357

Nov 15, 2019

#24

I would literally choose removing all my opponent's pawns over their queen and both rooks, that way I wouldn't lose in positions like this:

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