Minority Attack: chess middlegame concept

Two pawns against three: building a queenside weakness

Push your smaller pawn group at the bigger one. Forces a trade, leaves them a permanent weak pawn for your rooks to chew on.

• Push the smaller pawn group to force a trade.
• The end product is an isolated or backward pawn on a half-open file.
• Crowd rooks onto the weak pawn once the trade is done.
• Slow and sure: the minority attack wins endgames, not middlegames.