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Theory/The Breakthrough

The Breakthrough

Your a5 and c5 pawns face a single pawn on b7, and his king is far away. The rule: when one pawn guards two squares, push onto one of them. It can only take once, and the other pawn runs. Check first that his king is outside the square of the pawn that will run.

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