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Chess strategy (1921)

Lasker, Edward, 1885-1981 · Philadelphia : David McKay · leaf 140

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fatal weaknessescan be which are produced by the premature advance of thepawnsin front of the King, on whom the opposing pieces canforce their attack. When the pawns concerned are on theopposite wing to their King, the disadvantages of a prematureadvance are felt in a different way. The weakness… … Diag. 97- and 98. In the one case the chain of Black pawns is brokenby the absence of K Kt P, in the other of the Q Kt P. Theabsence of the K Kt pawn can lead to serious consequences in 122 CHESS STRATEGY the middle game, because of the weakness of Blacks K B 3and K R 3 (compare Diagram 90) ; it…

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