- A nice easy one: having more pawns than your opponent on one side (and an open file there too, otherwise we have the half-open files setting for a minority attack)
- Capablanca shows Marshall that a working majority is enough to win the game: you create a passed pawn.
- A working King's-side majority can produce an attack on the King (Alekhin-Marshall)
- Both sides work hard to make the most of their majorities in Botvinnik-Euwe
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[Event "New York m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Capablanca, JR."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D33"]
[Annotator "pawn mobility: Queen's-side majority"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Be6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Bg5 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne5 Nxd4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. e3 Nf3+ 14. Nxf3
exf3 15. Qxf3 O-O 16. Rac1 {[#] "He should have advanced his King's-side pawns
at once to counterbalance the advance of Black on the Queen's-side. White's
inactivity on his stronger wing took away all the chances he had of drawing
the game." CAPABLANCA} (16. Qxb7 Qxb7 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bf3 Rxb2) 16... Rab8
17. Qe4 Qc7 18. Rc3 b5 19. a3 c4 20. Bf3 Rfd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rd8 23.
Bf3 g6 24. Qc6 Qe5 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Bxe4 Rd1+ 27. Kg2 a5 28. Rc2 b4 29. axb4
axb4 30. Bf3 Rb1 31. Be2 b3 32. Rd2 Rc1 33. Bd1 c3 34. bxc3 b2 35. Rxb2 Rxd1
36. Rc2 Bf5 37. Rb2 Rc1 38. Rb3 Be4+ 39. Kh3 Rc2 40. f4 h5 41. g4 hxg4+ 42.
Kxg4 Rxh2 43. Rb4 f5+ 44. Kg3 Re2 45. Rc4 Rxe3+ 46. Kh4 Kg7 47. Rc7+ Kf6 48.
Rd7 Bg2 49. Rd6+ Kg7 {0-1 (49) Marshall,F-Capablanca,J New York 1909 MainBase
[ChessBase]} 0-1
[Event "Baden Baden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhin, Alexander"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "style: Alekhine on the attack"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 {?! ( hasty )} Nf6 5. Bd3 e5 {!} 6. dxe5 Ng4 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bg5 {!} Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nc3 Ncxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 {?} 12. h3 Nf6 13. Qd2 {!} Bd7 14. Qe3 {[#] ! ( stops 0-0-0, making Black castle under the K-side majority ) Leads to a very sharp attack} Bc6 15. O-O-O O-O 16. f4 Qe6 17. e5 Rfe8 18. Rhe1 Rad8 {?! ( better ...Nd7 )} 19. f5 Qe7 20. Qg5 Nd5 21. f6 Qf8 22. Bc4 {[#] !} Nxc3 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. fxg7 {!} Nxa2+ 25. Kb1 {!} Qe8 26. e6 {!} Be4+ 27. Ka1 f5 28. e7+ Rd5 29. Qf6 Qf7 30. e8=Q+ {1-0 (30) Alekhine,A-Marshall,F Baden-Baden 1925} 1-0
[Event "Leningrad with Euwe and Kmoch"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik, M.."]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "strategy and tactics"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1934.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 {[#]} 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxb3 13. N2xb3 Qd7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 {[#] The strategical point of this game is Black's aim of advancing c7-c5, and White's of making use of the King's-side Pawn majority. But this must all be negotiated tactically, move by move.} 17. f3 Bf8 18. Qf2 a5 19. Rd2 b4 20. Rc1 Qa4 21. Nd4 Bg6 22. b3 Qe8 23. cxb4 Bxb4 24. Rdd1 c5 {[#]} 25. Nc2 Bxc2 26. Rxc2 d4 27. Bg5 {[#]} Rd5 28. f4 a4 29. Qf3 axb3 30. axb3 Rd7 31. f5 Rda7 32. Qg3 Ra1 33. Rcc1 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Kh8 35. Rf1 Ra6 36. h3 Qa8 37. Kh2 Qe8 {[#]} 38. Rf3 Ba5 39. Bf4 Bc7 40. Rf1 Ra8 41. Re1 Qc6 42. e6 Bxf4 43. Qxf4 fxe6 44. fxe6 Re8 45. e7 h6 46. Qf5 Qd6+ 47. Kh1 Kg8 48. Re6 Qd7 49. Qe5 1/2-1/2