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Pawns Breakthrough,
a chess tactics to establish an advanced and likely unstoppable passed pawn by means of a sacrificial combination. In its most notable form a pawns breakthrough appears with opposing trios one rank apart already advanced on the other side of the board, for instance the white trio a5-c5 versus the black a7-c7. The combination starts with pushing the middle pawn which is now rammed with two levers. Black has two options to capture, and instead of a recapture finally yielding in an isolated ram, white sacrifices this pawn, and even offers a second one by pushing the closed pawn into a rammed lever.
Sample
8/ppp5/8/PPP5/8/8/8/8 |
8/ppp5/1P6/P1P5/8/8/8/8 |
8/pp6/1p6/P1P5/8/8/8/8 |
8/pp6/Pp6/2P5/8/8/8/8 |
| 1. b6 | 1... cxb {1... axb, 2. c6} | 2. a6 | 2... bxc 3. axb or 2 ... bxa 3. c6 |
See also
- BreakThrough (Chess Program)
- Breakthrough (Game)
- Passed Pawn
- Unstoppable Passer