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Hi there.

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There are two aspects of Paul's Russia which really excite me for the winning pope is the sheer winning

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probability of winning games.

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Foghorns is one of them here in this example, blacks plan checkmate.

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You might want to pause the video for five seconds and try and work out.

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Remember to prioritize forcing most to checks, but look out for a structural element which also acts

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as a great tactical resource in its own right.

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So it's a kind of I can't really put it in one box because form pawns can be quite tactical in the mental

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game.

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And they're also great in-game assets in the end game as well, often restricting kings.

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But here, what can we play?

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Which is a really crushing finish if I give you five seconds to pull the video.

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OK, I hope you find the first move Queen takes AF1 check in the game White resigned because on King

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takes Black plays the one check and guess what, hair of the king to the former pawn makes an appearance,

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one appearance, the first and last appearance, and it will be checkmates hair, checkmated by the

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former pawn taking out the king here with that krsek.

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So this is an interesting use of the form pawns.

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Sometimes when you've got a pawn like this, you should be looking to Fournette rather than open the

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foul.

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There's two major options that can sometimes arise.

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Opening up a foul seems logical, deliberate, but sometimes the form pawn installation can be a winning

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tool in many, many cases, like in this example.

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So Bang Queen takes AF1 check and then a tree like that one.

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That's so much.