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Create a second front with a pawn lever

The defender is occupied on one wing and another pawn contact is available.

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Kramnik,V – Topalov,V

GMA · 2003.01.23 · 1-0

37... h6 · White to move

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What to notice at 37... h6

Kramnik played 38.g5 while his advanced a-pawn occupied Black’s rook and king. The kingside operation created a second area of play in the rook ending.

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Your thinking first

Name the signal, choose a plan, and test the opponent’s most challenging response.

What do you notice?What is your plan, and why?How could the opponent resist?

Recall and explain

1. The defender is occupied on one wing and another pawn contact is available. How would you apply “create a second front with a pawn lever”, and which defensive reply must you check?

Explain it in your own words before revealing.

Make it memorable

Make one defender answer two distant questions.

Teach this to a friend in one minute. Then return to a different example and look for the same signal without being told its name.

Reflect and revisit

This is your self-assessment, not an engine grade or a promise of mastery.

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