Diagram 23 · Black to move
Black is a little better and owns more pawns on the kingside, but one piece is doing nothing at all. White's only real plan is a pawn break in the centre that would open lines against Black's backward pawn. Two moves fix both problems at once, and the first of them looks like a retreat.
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Diagram 23
Position found by GrandLapinDiagram 23 · Black to move
Black is a little better and owns more pawns on the kingside, but one piece is doing nothing at all. White's only real plan is a pawn break in the centre that would open lines against Black's backward pawn. Two moves fix both problems at once, and the first of them looks like a retreat.
Positional Chess Puzzles
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