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minority attack

ByDrDave
  1. A minority attack is where you advance pawns on the wing where you have fewer pawns. This works if your opponent’s extra pawn on that side is backward on a half-open file. The furthest square on a half-open file is an outpost for you, and if your opponent attacks your piece on that square with a nearby pawn, they may be making weaknesses. (Capablanca-Janowsky)
  2. You see lots of minority attacks in the Queen’s Gambit Orthodox Defence (Evans-Opsahl) and Sicilian Defence (Conrady-Benko, Vogt-Andersson)
  3. The various ideas for pursuing and defending the minority attack in different settings have been tested over many years, so I could write a book about it. In fact, I think someone else has: https://www.google.com/search?q=Middlegame+Strategy++Robert+Leininger

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