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Open a rook file by exchanging a wing pawn inward

A wing-pawn capture can clear the file occupied by your rook.

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Judit Polgar – Tal Shaked

VAM, Hoogeveen · 1998.10.24 · 1-0

18... Ng6 · White to move

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What to notice at 18... Ng6

Polgar’s 19.gxf5 cleared the g-file for her rook arrangement. After ...Rxf5, the later Rcg2 brought another rook into the king-side operation.

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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. A wing-pawn capture can clear the file occupied by your rook. How would you apply “open a rook file by exchanging a wing pawn inward”, and which defensive reply must you check?

Explain it in your own words before revealing.

Make it memorable

The pawn leaves; the rook gets a road.

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