Hi there.
In this election, I'm going to show you the most vivid example of a -- label or -- break, which
you can take the general principle and apply to a variety of different situations.
So this game, which made a huge impression on me is Jonathan Penrhos, a British player against Mikoto.
The peak of Telstra in 1960 is in the Leipzig Olympiad.
So Penrhos played the fool we see 96 CE 46.
So talent is going into the modern Benoni defense in terms of pool structure.
There is this backward pwn feature desex, which is sometimes a liability, but sometimes it's not targeted
directly by pieces.
Sometimes it is used as an excuse, a reason for a pawn break.
With a later we see desex Bishop Devery, Bishop, G7, Jita, both sides council icings a full Quincey
seven inch frame like Betis now efore it looks as though there's a plan of a five later at the right
time.
Ruki 893 we see CIFOR Bishop Setsu 95, Queen Afri 1957 and it looks as though well plans call a lock
on a farm.
It can't be played at all.
Bishop Elfrink B5.
So Tao is interested in exploiting his Queensland poor majority.
We see now Aztec's.
And the point is Rokeby eight generate some Queensland pressure Queen AFTA 86 b5.
And it's at this point which I found that impressive.
To illustrate the theme of the POUM break or pawn lever.
The Americans, let's show the American that kind of refers to this quite often.
The pawn lever in British terms is often a pawn break.
So what is that?
E5 It's where two pawns are in conflict confrontation and they can radically transform the nature of
the position.
They're going to transform either the restraints or the liberation of both sides here.
It's in its favor potentially to try and blunt out the bishop and to make use of A4.
We have these pieces, a key location before we see Tarl reacting with details and now F5 is played.
So this extends the scope of these pieces on the air for immediate.
They like offtakes.
Black plays Bishop seven if b4 here as the example offtakes G six is very, very dangerous and then
taking it within the rug.
So Bishop B seven has played.
Brooke, one so we can see for the moment what is the effect of the -- break?
Well, it's given also a postponement.
It's kind of locked in this special on five with five -- there, and it's given minus E Four-Square.
So it's a very, very interesting -- break as a kind of sacrifice.
So the point is of -- breaks, they can radically transform things quite often.
You want to build up for a -- break when at the right time to maximize the liberation of properties
from your point of view and kind of minimize, you know, the effect, the kind of locking maximize
the lock into the opponent's pieces or, you know, minimize the opponent's pieces, liberation and
lock them in.
So far we see like Seaforth, so this is more locked in for its own -- e5.
Meanwhile, why is celebrating a lot of pressure on Black's position now?
We see a fall and that line is taken off BTX and now face.
So white possession looks pretty impressive.
So Black's pieces to some extent, especially the bishops, have been reduced in scope for that amazing
-- break.
Offtakes is played.
If age takes, then queen takes of seven Jack and five is a devastating move.
Hair that night is pens were threatening Queen 67 if G takes them.
Brooke takes a five swinging for a very strong attack, Black would have to give up the Queen.
This is a winning attack with Brookhouse five on the way.
So that shows, you know, some of the dangers in Rook G8 then 97 is strong.
For example, here Bishop takes what is black actually doing in this position if Queen 966 Jack and
Queen F5.
This is very, very strong point.
So all of a sudden, you know, things have also a king safety implication.
You know, the black king getting checkmated here in this reaction.
So it's very, very dangerous indeed.
So we have this capture away from the center, which in general, I generally don't want to do capture
away from the center because it kind of weakens central control.
Sometimes we have now Queen F7 check King eight and now exploiting the pins like Queen eighty seven
is paint place pinnings iframe for a moment if Ruby designs the white displays 96 forking queen and
bishop.
So yeah Taylor's just getting crushed here.
It seems so queen asudden just dropping the D7 so move twenty seven and there's a lot of devastation.
Make Hotel World Chess champion just being devastated here.
It moved twenty seven.
I mean this is a very, very bad position.
The game continues a little bit of the wrong things.
Beta we have might be six befriend now 964.
The why it has just been zero up essentially here Roxxy one.
Those come off.
Pembroke's come off like B six.
We have Bishop be free.
If Rook takes these six, her then 965 will win even more material after xiangsheng and he thinks that's
absolutely winning.
Just actually meeting.
Forget winning Bishop just just Chamique the opponents king here.
So yeah, these are devastating.
This is a devastating position.
We have ninety four.
It's hell playing on a little bit more after D7, Bishop, Rook, Bishop, even Bishop see five to one
on the line.
That rook for now just Jeoffrey and it's all over town was crushed you know.
Move very nice Jeoffrey.
Town was absolutely crushed by the key point for me, this is a vivid game example in the back of my
mind for what a pawn break is, what I can do for your possession.
Let's go back to the critical moment.
So it's the backbone of Benoni, which kind of led to this situation.
This is a classic pawn break, in fact, against the boloney structure.
Quite often White does want to play in the center with A5.
It's like blacks getting flooded.
I feel like it's essentially flooded.
So this is interesting that whites build up here like the Penshoppe energy behind the five pawn break.
So sweet or never.
It just serves to amplify wins pieces.
So it wasn't played here when it gets into a slightly better position.
And actually, you know, the tactical B5 is an interlude queen after slightly better position.
Again, saying basically, you know, C5 will be weak if you ever take with a knight and see will drop.
So it sort of restricts blacks options as well, this little move can have to.
So the preparation is key.
If you look at the neural network games, which I have a look at, Leilah Lilas, like the master of
-- pawnbroker's, totally optimizing pieces, sometimes 30 moves, playing 40 moves, endless patience
behind the commercial break because a break is a commercial pawn decision.
So you want to play at a time of maximum advantage?
No back for against your king.
No issues.
And hopefully maximum liability is the opponent if they take it in some ways at least, and in the remaining
ways that they can take this off, you know, your pieces, hopefully they get liberated.
So here, in fact, you know why it's not interested in taking it to open up the rock wants to keep
these pieces closed.
So this is just a very fascinating example to me.
Very vivid how the pawn structure now in terms of the peace and pawn harmony it favors white white is
more active, more in scope and clear dangers.
Present ages for the king as well.
F7 soft spot.
Yeah it's and the use of E4 to draw and things like 94 and potentially face upon my John F things which
can be dangerous for King safety.
So this, you know, this, this reaction there should be seven, 81.
Just look at this again with this big whopping Nyoni four.
It's just a very, very interesting situation here where the opening up leads to a very, very nasty
pan off screen of someone's back, which is now that pull means that advance pawn gives a hook on a
six in this particular game example and just winning.
So this is their one position.
Just move 27.
So, yeah, the aftermath, the immediate aftermath, the pawn break, you know, won't technically
is not completely winning position.
So pawn brains can radically transform possessions to advantage, especially when well prepared, sufficiently
prepared to give your pieces extra scope and to minimize the scope of the opponent's pieces.
If you can get things like a key pass pawn and that has hooks around it and then use those hooks, you
know, it's it's a way of winning games just revolving around a pawn break plan to keep hammering that
you plan to make certain points.
Pawns of the fundamental constraint of the pieces stayed set in simple chess, which I recommend.
So basically, yeah, consider that that we want to unconstrained our pieces.
I mean, Tansley also pieces get in the way of pieces as well.
But because there's so many pawns, it's good to look out for the liberation opportunities that are
pawns can give us.
And the pawn break is a very, very important vehicle to get to master.
Once you commit to a pawn break, you're quite often radically transforming the options for both sides.
OK, so I hope that that example is clear enough.
So just to recap how the game continued that way, it was up until now and it's just a matter of consolidating,
so protecting the mission they were in 1994.
So this is the great Mikoto.
That's how to speak.
So not a weak hand at all.
Very, very tactically resourceful.
So the concept, you know, sometimes I like to test positional concepts against the best tacticians
going.
And it's how, you know, it's was really crushed that day.
So with this kind of pawn break, if I pull rank.
Okay, hope you got something out that has so much.