First block their Pawn from moving, then lever against it with another Pawn.
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blueemu wrote:
First block their Pawn from moving, then lever against it with another Pawn.
That's the (quite famous) Larsen- Spassky game from the USSR vs Rest of the World 1970 match.
Nov 21, 2021
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pfren wrote:
blueemu wrote:
First block their Pawn from moving, then lever against it with another Pawn.
That's the (quite famous) Larsen- Spassky game from the USSR vs Rest of the World 1970 match.
Correct.
Poor Spassky... a brilliant player in his own right, but doomed to be remembered as "that guy who lost to Fischer".
blueemu wrote:
pfren wrote:
blueemu wrote:
First block their Pawn from moving, then lever against it with another Pawn.
That's the (quite famous) Larsen- Spassky game from the USSR vs Rest of the World 1970 match.
Correct.
Poor Spassky... a brilliant player in his own right, but doomed to be remembered as "that guy who lost to Fischer".
Larsen too! After losing this game in such a humiliating way, he scored 2.5/3 in his remaining games of the match. But most people will remember him for going down six to love against Bobby.
Nov 22, 2021
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JesterJayP wrote:
@blueemu
Will this typically involve sac'ing was piece ?
Not necessarily, no. You could use one of your Pawns to block the enemy Pawn from advancing, and a second Pawn to lever against it.
Here is one of Bobby Fischer's games from the Herceg Novi Blitz Championship in 1970.
When attempting a break through to the castled king, how do you prevent the opponent from simply locking up your pawns by pushing one of theirs forward and making it even more difficult to attack their king?