Every Pawn is a potential Queen.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "White player"]
[Black "Black player"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ Pawns on the Attack.|This game between two experts demonstrates the
attacking power of pawns and the strength of a duo. After the opening, ranger
pawns attack, causing serious weaknesses in black's center pawn structure.
White then changes his plan and seizes two weak center pawns. White finally
pushes his passed pawn duo to win. } 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. f3 { Prevents intrusion on g4 and supports e4. } 6... b5 { Black
anticipates that white will castle long, and launches his b-pawn to attack. } 7. O-O-O O-O 8. Bh6 { White immediately moves to remove black's strong bishop
which would aid black's queen side attack. } 8... a5 { Black's pawn storm is well
underway. } 9. h4 { White begins his pawn storm. The objective of both pawn
storms is to break open their opponent's castled positions. Major pieces
would then join the attack. } 9... Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Kh8 11. h5 Ng8 12. Qd2 Qe8 13. g4 e5 14. Nh3 f6 { Black would like to follow this move with g5 effectively
locking up the pawns on the king side. } 15. hxg6 Qxg6 16. Bg2 { Black has
shifted his pieces to shore up his king side. Naturally, white then shifts
his attack to the center. } 16... Ra7 { This move does little to improve black's
position. Black should have developed his minor queen side pieces beginning
with Na6. } 17. dxe5 fxe5 ( { The alternative is no better: } 17... dxe5 18. Qd6 Nd7 19. Qxc6 b4 20. Nd5 { White dominates the board. } ) 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rd7 20. Re6 Kg7 ( { Slightly better is: } 20... Re7 21. Rxe7 Nxe7 22. Ng5 Kg7 23. Rxh7+ Kg6 24. Rxe7 Kf6 25. Rh7 Kxg5 26. Rh5+ Kf6 ) 21. Rxe5 { White
now has a material advantage of two connected passed pawns that will prove
decisive. } 21... h6 22. g5 Rd6 23. gxh6+ Rxh6 24. Rg5+ Kh7 25. Rg3 Na6 26. Ne2 { White plays to protect and mobilize his pawn duo. } 26... Nc5 27. Nef4 Bxh3 28. Nxh3 Ne6 29. Kd2 Nf6 30. Ke3 Nh5 31. Ng5+ Nxg5 32. Rxg5 Nf4 33. Rxh6+ Kxh6 34. Rg4 Nh5 35. f4 { At last the passed pawn duo advances.|The end is
near. } 35... Nf6 36. Rh4+ Kg7 37. e5 Nd5+ 38. Bxd5 cxd5 39. Rg4+ Kf7 40. f5 Rc8 41. c3 Rc6 42. Rd4 Rc5 43. Kf4 Rc4 44. Rxc4 dxc4 45. Ke4 b4 46. Kd4 b3 47. a3 { Black resigns. } 1-0