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    Puzzles - Queen Pawn Mastery g6

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    The document contains 15 training questions about playing with the white pieces in positions arising from the Queen's Pawn opening. GM Susan Polgar provides the questions and solutions to teach readers strategies for playing this opening with white.

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    The document contains 15 training questions about playing with the white pieces in positions arising from the Queen's Pawn opening. GM Susan Polgar provides the questions and solutions to teach readers strategies for playing this opening with white.

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    Puzzles - Queen Pawn Mastery g6

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    The document contains 15 training questions about playing with the white pieces in positions arising from the Queen's Pawn opening. GM Susan Polgar provides the questions and solutions to teach readers strategies for playing this opening with white.

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    Queen Pawn Mastery (…g6)

    The 15 Training Questions


    GM Susan Polgar

    Question 1.

    White to play.

    Black just played …c4.

    How should White continue?

    Question 2.

    White to play.

    How should White recapture the


    Queen?

    1
    Question 3.

    Black to play.

    White has just captured a pawn


    on d5.

    Can you see a problem with that


    move?

    Question 4.

    White to play.

    What interesting maneuver can


    White play in this position?

    2
    Question 5.

    White to play.

    What is the best move for white?

    Question 6.

    White to play.

    Black just played …c5.

    Is d5 a good move for White?

    3
    Question 7.

    White to play.

    Black just played …Qb6 attacking


    the b2 pawn.

    What is White’s best response?

    Question 8.

    White to play.

    What is the best plan for White?

    4
    Question 9.

    White to play.

    What should White play?

    Question 10.

    White to play.

    What is the best continuation for


    White?

    5
    Question 11.

    White to play.

    How should White go about


    opening the Queenside?

    Question 12.

    White to play.

    How White can increase


    pressure on the Queenside?

    6
    Question 13.

    White to play.

    What should White do about


    …g5, attacking the Bishop?

    Question 14.

    White to play.

    Choose the better move from:


    a) 1.c5
    b) 1.d5

    7
    Question 15.

    White to play.

    How can White increase


    pressure on the Queenside?

    8
    The Solutions

    1 The best move is 1.Qa3 followed by b3, opening the Queenside.

    2 The correct move is 10.axb3! opening the a-file, with the plan b4-b5-Nb3-Nc5
    and White is slightly better.

    3 With 12…Nxd4 13.Qxb7 Nc5! 14.Qc7 Nxe2+ 15.Kh1 Bxb2 winning a pawn.

    4 12.Nb1! White goes after the outpost on b5 with Nb1-a3-b5.

    5 18.Bxa6! Rxa6 19.b5! and the protected, passed pawn gives White the
    advantage.

    6 7.d5? is a mistake because of 7…Nxd5! 8.Qxd5 Bxb2.

    7 The best move is 8.Nbd2! and if Qxb2?! 9.Nc4! Qb4 10.c3! Qb5 (Qxc3 11.Rc1
    Qb4 12.Rb1 Qc3 13.Rb3 wins the Queen) 11.Nxd6 and White is better.

    8 The best plan is 19.Nb5! g4 20.c5! opening the diagonal for the h2 bishop and
    pressing on the Queenside.

    9 There are several good moves like b4 or Qc2, but the best is 12.Nb5! with the
    idea of c5! giving advantage to white.

    10 11.b4! preparing the c5 break.

    11 With the thematic idea of c5! opening the c-file and b8-h2 diagonal.

    12 18.Qa5! attacking both c7 and a7.

    13 25.Be5! Bxe5 26.dxe5 Qxe5 27.fxe4 dxe4 28.Bxh5 is better for white.

    14 Our usual break is c5 but here 1.d5! is to be preferred, preventing Black from
    playing d5 and defending the weak e4 pawn.

    15 19.c6! b6 20.Qa4 Qe6 21.Qb3 and White has the edge.

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