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Behind its own pawn

Prophylaxis

Diagram 21 · Black to move

White's queenside bishop is buried behind its own pawns, and one pawn push would let it out onto the long diagonal, where a knight of his own is already standing. Black has to deal with that push now. The doubled rooks are what make dealing with it possible.
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