Pawn structure


Selection of chess games featuring a strong pawn structure

Example 1

Moves 2

side to move: White

result: White win (next 15 moves)


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white wil win the game because of his pawn structure.

1.g5 hxg5 2.hxg5

Example 2

Moves 30

side to move: White

result : White wins!


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strong white king side pawns helping white's position!

1.g4 c6 2.Rec1 Rac8 3.Qc3 Re6 4.Kh2 Kh8 5.Qa3 Qb7 6.Qg3 f5 7.Qf3 Qd7 8.Kg3 Rf8 9.Qa3 Ra8 10.Qc3 Rc8 11.Qc2 Kg8 12.Kf3 fxg4+ 13.hxg4 Qf7 14.Ke3 Rf8 15.Rf1 Qd7 16.Qg2 Qe7 17.Rfc1 Ref6 18.Rf1 Kh8 19.Qc2 Qe8 20.Qh2 Qe7 21.Rf3 Re6 22.Kf2 a5 23.f5 gxf5 24.gxf5 Qg5 25.Qf4 Rxf5 26.Qxf5 Qd2+ 27.Kf1 Rg6 28.Qf8+ Rg8 29.Qf6+ Rg7 30.Rg3

Example 3

Moves 8

side to move: White

result : White won


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white's pawns breaking in!

1.f5 gxf5 2.gxf5 h5 3.Nb4 a5 4.c6 Kd6 5.fxe6 Nxc6 6.Nxc6 Kxc6 7.e4 dxe4 8.d5+

Example 4

Moves 12

side to move: White

result : White Wins


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white's pawns structure removing black's bishop!

1.b4 Bc8 2.a4 Bg4 3.Qc2 Qd7 4.Kh2 f5 5.f3 f4 6.fxg4 fxg3+ 7.Kg1 Rxf1+ 8.Bxf1 Rf8 9.Qg2 Qxg4 10.Bg5 Rf2 11.Qe4 Qd7 12.Qxg6

Example 5

Moves 30

side to move: White

result : White wins!


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black's knight seems better because of B3 but white's pawn structure on the king side will win the game!

1.h4 Nb7 2.h5 Nc5 3.g5 Nb7 4.Ne4 Kb6 5.Kc4 Kc6 6.Nf6 Nc5 7.Ne8 hxg5 8.fxg5 Ne4 9.h6 gxh6 10.gxh6 Ng5 11.Nf6 Nf3 12.Ng4 Ng5 13.Kd4 f5 14.exf6 Kd6 15.Ne5 Nh7 16.Nc4+ Kd7 17.f7 Ke7 18.Nxa5 Kxf7 19.Nc6 Kg6 20.a5 Nf6 21.a6 Nd5 22.a7 Nc7 23.Nxb4 Nb5+ 24.Kc5 Nxa7 25.Nc6 Nc8 26.b4 Kxh6 27.b5 e5 28.Nxe5 Kg7 29.Nc6 Kf7 30.Na7 Ne7 31.b6 Ng6 32.Kd6

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