How to exploit a very slight space advantage

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Consider the position after these moves:



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White has to make a plan. White's play will be in the center and queenside. Black, if he can generate play will probably be on the kingside.

Let's play a few moves: skip the first 11 moves if you wish to get to the above diagram:



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Here you might skip the first 25 moves to get to where we left off...



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Now for the rest of the game. You might want to skip to about move 29 or so...



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Please note that the position on White's 32nd move is a very important position and one of the keys to White's plan.

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Will try and give the key positions so as to follow easier.

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Doesn't the king belong in the center in the endgame? Why 0-0? Why not Kd2?

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Robert0905. White plays 0-0 as part of White's long range plan is to trade off all the rooks and this makes it easier. 

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Great game, and very instructive also. Hope you don't mind that I will consider implementing it in some future training units with singular students and the chess club I'm working for.

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Thank you!  The game is instructive to show how one might continue playing with a rather small space advantage.

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I think ya'll are missing the point.  The way to exploit a very slight space advantage is to wait for your opponent to hang a piece.