[Event "Backwards Pawns: Chapter 3"] [Date "2024.09.10"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "Backwards Pawns"] [ChapterName "Chapter 3"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/k792hrFF/xNbBj0Zp"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Kyle-and-Jess"] [FEN "r2q1rk1/1p2bppp/p2p1n2/4p1B1/2b1P1P1/1NN2P2/PPPQ3P/2KR3R b q - 1 4"] [SetUp "1"] [UTCDate "2024.09.10"] [UTCTime "18:24:54"] [Orientation "white"] 4... h6?! { Attacking the bishop might make sense for a lot of players, but this simply encourages white to do what they're already set out to do: take the f6 knight. } (4... b5 { Better is for black to allow white to win the d-pawn while making queenside progress for compensation. }) 5. Bxf6 { Taking with the g-pawn will open the king and allow white's queen to take on h6, but black's dark-squared bishop is also one of the only defenders on the backwards pawn. This is why we needed our dark-squared bishop to stick around, so it can pull its counterpart away from defense of d6. } 5... Bxf6 (5... gxf6 6. Qxh6) 6. Qxd6 Qxd6 7. Rxd6 { Winning the backwards pawn not only gets white an extra point of material, but it also gives white an open d-file to work with and a very active rook that can start going after the next backwards pawn on b7. } 7... Rad8 8. Rb6 Rd7 9. Na5 { Attacking the bishop and the new backwards pawn. } *