Open Spanish: Targeting the e5-pawn

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Avatar of inkspirit
This is a game I won with the black pieces. It was roughly equal out of the opening, but I managed to get a winning endgame by pressurizing the queenside and also the e5-pawn.

Any advice or opinion would be appreciated!

Avatar of Sengdao

I loved the control you have over your pieces. (Also, I recommend to flip the board for us to see your perspective!) I think your timing was spot-on to drop back let's say, the Queen, to b6 and then the respective c5 push. Everything was tempo-driven. The technique was solid to win the pawn, although, as you said, the slip that @everythingok missed. Well played!