On your chess journey, you will face opponents who like to expand early and aggressively with their queenside pawns, hoping to cramp you on that wing. Fear not, however: you can often quickly undermine the enemy formation with b2-b3 (or …b7-b6 as Black) against a c-pawn, and a2-a4 (…a7-a5) against a b-pawn. In deciding whether to pursue the latter undermining, see if your opponent’s queenside rook is undefended. If it is, they probably won’t be able to rely on their a-pawn to keep the chain intact! In this game, my opponent suffers from exactly this overextension. #Chess #ChessInstruction #PawnPlay
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