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Push a passer when the heavy pieces are ready

Queen and rook support the next advance and can meet a blockade.

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Anatoly Karpov – Garry Kasparov

World Championship, game 17 · 1990.12.05 · 1-0

36... Qd8 · White to move

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What to notice at 36... Qd8

Karpov’s 37.d6 came with an active queen and rook. The next advance to d7 forced Black to reckon with both promotion and heavy-piece activity.

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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. Queen and rook support the next advance and can meet a blockade. How would you apply “push a passer when the heavy pieces are ready”, and which defensive reply must you check?

Explain it in your own words before revealing.

Make it memorable

Push when the team can follow.

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.

Connect the ideas

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