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Creating Weaknesses

Provoking a pawn move or an exchange that leaves a lasting target. Most positional wins are two weaknesses attacked at once.

Key ideas

Provoke the pawn forward, then attack the square it left
Two weaknesses are worth more than one
A weakness is only a weakness if it can be attacked

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Games that teach creating weaknesses

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Attack, Strategy & Pawn Structure: what Capablanca vs Kreymborg (London System) teaches. Both sides attack the other’s king with pawns and pieces — who is faster, and why every tempo counts.

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