Identifying and Controlling Key Squares - Strategy Session with Jonathan Schrantz

Jonathan Schrantz challenges you to look for key squares. Imagine there are no pieces on the board in a given position; where does the Pawn structure suggest the fight should be? Two professional games and one submission are shown. Magnus Carlsen vs Vladimir Kramnik, Norway Chess (2016): D35 Queen’s Gambit Declined, exchange, positional line, Akiba Rubinstein vs Georg Salwe, Lodz (1908): D33 Queen’s Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, Prague variation Ivan’s Submission: C45 Scotch game