General Mobility of Pawns
by Bogdan Girmacea
The first one to give great contribution about this subject was Aron Nimzovitch in his famous book “My System”. He says that the group mobility of pawns, and not the mobility of one pawn, can become a great fighting instrument, which usually leads to decisive advantage. Why is a mobile group of pawns so important? Because a mobile group of pawns can:
a) control a lot of important squares on the board
b) limit activity of opponent’s pieces
c) give attacking chances to the side that has them
d) give space advantage
But let’s see a concrete example to understand better. I will show you the game Spassky - Petrosian, from the 1966 World Championship.
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