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Today, I’m going to talk about the tactic described in the last video, attacking the f-pawn, a little further. In the last video, I played a game with the white pieces, against the Caro-Kann Defense. In this game, I played with the black pieces, and my opponent played the Scotch Game. In this game, my opponent also castled kingside, and as you’ll see, I coordinated an attack on their weak f2 pawn in the middle game for a win.

In this game, a number of tactical themes arise that you might try to incoportate into your own games. Firstly, just like in the game from the last video, I make use of an opportunity to capture, to move my own f-pawn out of the way, creating a semi-open f-file controlled by my rook. This wasn’t the most accurate move according to Stockfish, but the three attackers on the f2 pawn overwhelmed my opponent. Secondly, a bishop pinning the f-pawn to the king creates powerful attacking opportunities when the pawn is under-defended as the sequences often includes a check. Thirdly, a knight and bishop coordinating this attack can sometimes create one of the most forcing moves in chess – the double-check.

I hope you found this game interesting, and thanks for watching!

Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/43556992597

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.04.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "vonster99"]
[Black "vitualis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1254"]
[BlackElo "1369"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[EndTime "20:20:28 PDT"]
[Termination "vitualis won by resignation"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Qe7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 d5 10. exd5 Qxe2 11. Bxe2 Nxd5 12. Bc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Nbd2 Nd5 15. Bb2 Rad8 16. a3 Nf4 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rad1 Nd3 19. Rb1 Nce5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rbd1 Nd3 22. Rb1 Nxf2 23. Nf3 Nd3+ 24. Kh1 e5 25. Ba1 e4 26. Ng5 Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Nh3+ 28. Kh1 Nxg5 0-1