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Weak squares
Compiled by notyetagm
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<<<<Your pieces belong on your opponent's <WEAK SQUARES(!)>>>>>

Black pieces can never be evicted from d5, f5, and g3 by pawns
Yates vs A Nimzowitsch, 1927 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 41 moves, 0-1

8 f2-f3?! weakens e3-square; Nimzo focuses on it like a laser
Yates vs A Nimzowitsch, 1926 
(C01) French, Exchange, 46 moves, 0-1

34 ... h7-h6?! fatal weakening of g6-square near Black g7-king
Anand vs Grischuk, 2007 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 50 moves, 1-0

41 ... Kc4-b3 Black monarch invades on undefended light squares
M Neubauer vs G Sargissian, 2007 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 0-1

12 ... e5xf4 weakened d4-square, letting White play 17 Ra4-d4!
Karpov vs Polugaevsky, 1974 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 41 moves, 1-0

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