Whensomebody push's pawns I have trouble, I try to trade them early.
Pawn storms!
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If one person starts storming pawns on the kingside you storm on the queenside.
And Vice Versa.
You shld always try and delay your opponent so your pawn storm is quicker.
...never underestimate the power of the pawn! Besides, the advice you read from books or get from people is not always applicable in real life & that's one of the beauties of chess!!!
Mar 6, 2009
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Moaz is close, but he is wrong. Tonydal is correct, because there isn't much point in talking in general, but I'm going to take a futile stab at it!
There is one excellent principle you can try out in your games! The best remedy for action on the kingside is... Activity in the center! Here's a game that drives that point home
I agree with tonytal, please show the game, also, very cute cat
I also agree with mikedasnipe, I have just been reading "winning chess strategies" and noticed this segment.
however, there are many times in which "pawn storms" cannot be undermined (especially if the center is closed) and play must be conducted either in a defensive manner, or must play on the opposite side.
but things aren't as black and white as moaz said, you must not only focus solely on one point and need to use the whole board to play on.
Mar 6, 2009
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Indeed, without seeing his game I can't be sure if activity in the center is appropriate. A queenside pawnstorm might be appropriate, heck, if white blundered activity on the KINGSIDE might be appropriate. Since we don't have the luxaries of specifics, we can only give you general principles, some which may have worked, some which may not have worked.
I guess you have learned one lesson from this game however, always write down your moves!
Another thing about massive pawn advances is they often leave holes that your pieces can exploit, as in a blitz game I just played. Tell ya more when we see the game. 
Isn't the old axiom that an attack on the wing is countered by a blow to the center?
Can that apply here?
Even if the centre is closed opening up the entire position to exploit the pawnstorm may be possible. The important thing to remeber is that attacks along the diagonal and rank, not from the front, are necessary. Here is one of my games in which I try this.
Thanks everyone for the advice. It is helpful. Also, thats a nice game there OMGTdidIrealysact . I like how you countered blacks kingside advance by attacking and opening the center, exposing that uncastled king!
I think that in my game I should have played to open the game also. In the center and queenside. If I could have done that I think it would have been good because my opponents king would have been very vulnerable since he used his castle pawns for a storm.
I played someone at my club, who was white, and played e4 , I played the Sicilian dragon.
And this person starts pushing 5 or 6 pawns on the king side and center, and castles king side behind his pushed pawns. I don't see a way to attack the exposed king, as he has major pieces behind his line of pawns.
Whats this guy doing? Chess 101 says don't move a lot of pawns? And yet he gets away with it?
He has this huge line of pawns coming down and taking a lot of space, He is 1700. I am 1500. So what is a good plan when someone is using pawns to take over the board!? I had potential on the queenside.