Pawns Can't Move Backwards! (#1) | Secret Life of Pawns - GM Sam Shankland
Grandmaster Sam Shankland previews his book "Small Steps to Giant Improvement: Master Pawn Play in Chess." Shankland demonstrates a key point of his book: pawns cannot move backwards. Buy his book at SamShankland.com. 2018.03.15 Judit Polgar vs Garry Kasparov, Linares (1994) http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessg... Samuel Shankland vs Georg Meier, 45th Biel Masters Open (2012) http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessg... Levon Aronian vs Vladimir Kramnik, World Championship Candidates (2018) http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessg... Samuel Shankland vs Jonny Hector, Politiken Cup (2015) http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessg...

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Pawns Can't Move Backwards! (#2) | The Secret Life of Pawns - GM Sam Shankland

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