

any exchange on either king or queen side will weaken the overall structure, usually in ways that can't be defended without losing control over important squares. If he pushes both his central pawns you have serious targets.
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If the opponent pushes his queenside pawns prepare to plop a knight where it can't be shooed away, from the push to the plop it takes around 3 moves, full compensation as this will happen no matter what.


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