Sunday, 30 June 2019

Dealing with wing attacks

I had a chance to follow up my post about the Steinitz Principle with a practical example from a game I played today. My opponent launched a kingside pawn storm but did so before his centre was secure. As a result I was able to push back in the centre, stalling his attack, and eventually winning a pawn. Although I did not play the subsequent rook ending as well as I should, I still manged to score a win, ironically with one of my own kingside pawns promoting.


White - Black
Street Chess, 30.06.2019

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 h6 6. Bh4 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. g4 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. h4 cxd4 13. exd4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Qxe5 Rxe5+ 18. Kd2 Bxg4 and Black went on to win

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