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Step 1 / 2
White's pawns run d4–e5: e5 is the head, d4 is the base that supports it. Battering e5 head-on gets you nowhere. Instead play ...c5, striking d4. Take the base away and the whole chain falls. (You're Black.)
Step 1 / 2
White's pawns run d4–e5: e5 is the head, d4 is the base that supports it. Battering e5 head-on gets you nowhere. Instead play ...c5, striking d4. Take the base away and the whole chain falls. (You're Black.)