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Pawn majorities 

[Event "pawn mobility: Queen's-side majority"]
[Site "New York m"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Capablanca, JR."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D33"]
[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

Grunfeld_Shenkein 1922 

[Event "Logical Chess, Move by Move #19"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1915.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Grunfeld"]
[Black "Schenkein"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D11"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 (2... dxc4 3. e3 b5 4. a4 b4 (4... bxa4 5. Qxa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4)
(4... Bb7) (4... Bd7 5. axb5 Bxb5 6. Nc3 (6. Na3 c6 7. Nxc4 (7. Nxb5 c5 (7...
cxb5 8. Qf3 Nd7))) 6... c6) (4... c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. Qf3)) 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 (4.
Bf4 dxc4 5. e4 b5) 4... Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 (6. O-O) (6. Nc3 Bb4) 6... Be7

What have we learned today? "Bronstein is cool"

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[Event "Hastings 1975/76"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1975.12.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Julio Kaplan"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
gxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Qd2 c5 9. d5 f5 10. dxe6 fxe4 11. exd7+
Qxd7 12. Qc3 O-O 13. Nd2 Qf5 14. O-O-O Qxf2 15. Nxe4 Qf4+
16. Nd2 Bg4 17. Re1 Bg5 18. Bd3 Rae8 19. Ref1 Qe3 20. h3 Be2
21. Rf5 Bh6 22. Bxe2 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Rxe2 24. Rd5 Rxd2 25. Rxd2
Rd8 26. Rhd1 c4 0-1

Endgame tactics

Forcing promotion

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5k2/pp6/5p2/6bP/P1Bp4/1P4RK/2r5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

1... Rxc3 2. bxc3 Be2 0-1

Mating attack in the endgame

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2R4p/6pk/2R2b2/8/5KP1/7r/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]

1. g4 Rh3+ 2. Kf4 Rh4 3. Rxf5 gxf5 4. Kxf5 1-0

Gambits

The opening is a race to get all your pieces out.  If you do this job better than your opponent, you will have more pieces to attack with, and you could checkmate your opponent.

How much is it worth to get ahead in development?

A gambit is an opening idea where one side says: I will give you a pawn if you let me have a free move!

So this is the Danish Gambit:

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