Description
Playing Against Backward Pawns, with GM Ben Finegold
Recorded on September 23, 2026 in Roswell, GA
Games/Positions:
02:55 Definition and Examples of Backward Pawns
08:57 Vasily Smyslov - Jan Timman. Moscow 1981
19:45 Akiba Rubinstein - Georg Salwe, Match 1903
31:21 Garry Kasparov - Peter Svidler, Russian SuperFinal 2004
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