The passed pawn on the seventh rank
Whenever an opposing passed pawn reaches the seventh rank, the highest level of
alarm is appropriate. But if it is possible to neutralise all possible dangers,
such a passed pawn can even turn out to be a decisive weakness. In the fourth
round of the Pearl Spring Tournament in Nanjing precisely this subject was up
for discussion in the game between Jakovenko and Carlsen. (Diagram, White to
move). Thanks to some inaccuracies on the part of his opponent, Magnus Carlsen
was able to gather in both the opposing passed pawn and the full point. GM
Karsten Müller has analysed the endgame Jakovenko-Carlsen
for CBM Online.
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