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Chess tactics

Pawn breakthrough

Give up pawns to make one that can’t be stopped.

Example

Three pawns against three. The kings are far away.

  1. 1. b6: Break through in the middle.
  2. 1... axb6: If a-pawn takes…
  3. 2. c6: push the other side…
  4. 2... bxc6
  5. 3. a6: and the a-pawn is through.
  6. 3... Kf7: The king is too far away.
  7. 4. a7
  8. 4... Ke7
  9. 5. a8=Q: A new queen.

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