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  • Blockading

  • By FM FunMasterMike
  • Aug 17, 2016 41674 Views 8 minutes
  • How do you stop a pawn in its tracks? Blockade it. Just like in tic-tac-toe. FM Mike Klein shows you the best ways to stop your opponents’ pawns from advancing down the board.
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Initiative Using Knights Outposts Pawn Structure Passed Pawns Isolated Pawns Pawn Mobility Weak Pawns Blockading Backward Pawns Pawn Islands Advanced Pawns Pins Calculation Complicated Pawn Endings Breakthrough Opposition Zugzwang King Activity Fortress

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