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Creating and

Exploiting Targets• Samantha212 

• | Jun 28, 2015 at 9:23 PM 

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!ello "hess #ans, $s %ou &rogress in %our hess ailit%, it's a natural&rogression to de(elo& a )een sense to sni* outTargets de+ned as Weak Squares, Weak 

Pieces or Weak Pawns that an e atta)edmulti&le times- Just as animals in the .ild atta)and &re% the .ea)est o/ the herd so too MS ahess &la%er atta) a slo., si), %oung and .ea)target-

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t ta)es training to Develop a Nose /or s&otting $4S in %our o&&onent's ran)s, .hih an eused as Focal Points o/ atta)- How do youtrain?? 6et's start .ith )no.ing .hat to loo) /or- he oards elo. re&resent the most ommont%&es o/ .ea) &a.n strutures:

 

BackwardPawns PawnIslands

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IsolatedPawns Doule Pawns

  !anging Pawns

Backward Pawns"1- $ &a.n that is ehind other &a.ns o/ the same

olor-2- s not de/ended % another &a.n-3- "annot e sa/el% ad(aned .ithout a loss-7- s suet to an atta) on the +le-

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n the /ollo.ing diagram, the red suared &a.nsare ackward pawns  unde/ended % another&a.n and ehind another &a.n o/ the same olor

and are there/ore onsidered $; ut the greensuared &a.n on e5 +ts the /ull de+nition and isthe .ea)est o/ them all- 1-

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should e &er)ed u& to using the e#$pawn as atarget-

Pawn Islands"1- "reated .hen there's a +le .ith no &a.net.een the &a.ns-2- hile the ga&s are use/ul /or %our oo)s toontrol the +le, the end Pa.n =he Ba).ard Pa.n>is a .ea)ness to e&loit or manage de&endingu&on .hose side it's on-3- he more islands that eist in %our &a.nstruture, the .ea)er it eomes-n the /ollo.ing diagram, hite has three &a.nislands and Bla) has t.o- %our &ission is toS

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2- s not de/ended % another &a.n-3- s suet to an atta) on the +le-7- euires another &iee to ?Ba%sit? the &a.n-

n the /ollo.ing diagram, hite has an isolated&a.n on a2 .hile Bla) has one on d5- hite's d7&a.n is not onsidered an isolated &a.n eausethe e&a.n an e &ushed u& at a later time- he+les on either side o/ the isolated &a.ns are (oid o/ su&&orting &a.ns-

 

$lthough there's om&ensation /or an isolated&a.n earl% in the game .ith im&ro(edde(elo&ment, o&&ortunities /or ounter&la% andontrol o/ the enter suares, in the endgamethe solated Pa.ns an e a &ositionaldisad(antage eause the% need to ede/ended and o/ten eome a target /or tatialatta)s- he suare in /ront o/ the &a.n an alsoe used as an out&ost =a ea) Suare> .ithoutan% ris) o/ a &a.n dri(ing it a.a%- t also reuiresa designated &iee to ?Ba%sit? the &a.n, .hih

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.ea)ens its &o.ereause the%'re &re(ented /romeing used else.here on the oard- @our SniAngSenses should e &er)ed u& to &ossil% use

the d($pawn as a target in the /uture-Doule Pawns"1- .o &a.ns o/ the same olor residing on thesame +le eause one a&tured an o&&onent'smaterial-2- Pre(ents oth &a.ns /rom .or)ing together- he )ront pawn holdsu& the rear &a.n /rom

marhing u& the oard and is more (ulnerale toatta)s and a&ture- Cne one o/ the Pa.ns isa&tured, the other is soon enough a&tured as.ell-3-

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n the /ollo.ing diagram the +le &a.ns aredouled ut the%'re su&&orted % an adaent&a.n- he e+le doule &a.ns are Isolated 

Double Pawnsand are more (ulnerale to anatta)-  @our SniAng Senses should e &er)ed u&to target the * + e,$douled pawns and theg* ackward pawn' 

!anging Pawns"1- .o &a.ns standing net to eah other, usuall%on the /ourth ran), mutuall% &roteting entersuares-2- he%'re not diretl% &roteted % other &a.ns oneither side and an eome targets o/ atta),

es&eiall% % roo)s-3- nli)e solated Pa.ns, the% ha(e d%nami&otential to eeute a &a.n rea)through andreate a &assed &a.n-

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7- he side .ith hanging &a.ns also tends to eno%a s&ae ad(antage-5- / either &a.n ad(anes, the other &a.n

eomes a).ard, trans/orming Strong"onneted Pa.ns into ea) "onneted Pa.ns-

n the diagram elo. .e see a ommon &osition/rom the Eueen's 4amit Delined- hite's 7 andd7 &a.ns are &ushed to the /orth ran)- $lthoughinitiall% ad(antageous, the% an reate

.ea)enesses as the game ontinues- t's este&lained % Boris S&ass)% .ho said the /ollo.ing:

T!e s!ortco"ing o# !anging pawns is t!at t!ey present a convenient target #or attack$ %s t!e e&c!ange o# "en proceeds, t!eir  potential strengt! lessens and during t!e

endga"e t!ey turn out, as a rule, to beweak$ ' (oris Spassky 

 

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)et*s +eview

 

1- rain %oursel/ to Sni* Cut Potential argets onthe hessoard and then /ous on reating tatisagainst them-2- 6oo) /or ea) Pa.ns and ea) Suares that are

(ulnerale to atta)-3- Sni* them out !unt them do.n and a&ture- hen sni* out %our net target-7- se the $ron%m: a BaD !IPPI  Ba).ard Doule !anging IsolatedPa.n Pa.n Island  o remind %oursel/ o/ &ossile targets against %ouro&&onent's &osition-

ho&e this has shed some light on -reating and .&ploiting Targets$  6oo) /or &art 2 .hen .e'llre(ie. games that demonstrate these &rini&les-

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ntil then---"heers