There are 5 black pieces aimed at the white king and …g5 gains a tempo. The fact that white has only a rook and bishop in defence should cause alarm bells to ring.

White has to slow the pawn storm of …g5, …h5 followed by either …g4 or …h4. Let’s see what happened in the game.

 

 

Questions

How to defend against black’s threat?

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How can white slow the pawn storm?

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How should black continue the attack?

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How should black continue the attack?

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Does black have time for …O-O-O?

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lesson_title:Early Pawn Storm in the Ruy Lopez lesson_id:4297 user_id:5 active:0 read:0
Early Pawn Storm in the Ruy Lopez
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