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Pawn Breakthrough

Pawn Breakthrough

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A Pawn Breakthrough is a maneuver in which one or more pawns are advanced and sacrificed to create a decisive opening in the opponent's position. This tactic often results in the creation of a clear path to promote to a Queen. In the diagram above, White breaks through with 1.g6. Black cannot stop all the pawns; for instance: 1...fxg6 2.h6 gxh6 3.f6 and White promotes.

When starting a Pawn Breakthrough: (1) Calculate all possible captures and exchanges thoroughly before committing. Against a Pawn Breakthrough: (1) Consider counter-attacking to divert your opponent's attention.

Master Pawn Breakthroughs

While creating Chess With Cards, we watched many videos and read a lot of books. Here's our curated selection of the best resources we encountered on Pawn Breakthroughs. We also included some smaller creators who are growing fast and we believe deserve your attention. Check out these resources if you want to master this technique.

 
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