GM Neiksans Boot Camp #14 - Play With IQP Pawn Structure

The isolated queen's pawn (IQP) strategy is one of the most important pawn structures in chess. One side deliberately creates a weak pawn to accelerate its attack, while the other tries to block it. Who's right? Watch this GM Neiksans Boot Camp episode for the best practices. Timestamps below. 0:00 Intro 1:35 Famous game Steinitz - Bardeleben (1895) 9:07 d5 advance in Portisch - Sosonko (1976) 19:16 d5 advance in Kasparov - Karpov (1985) 27:47 Queen and bishop battery in Yussupow - Lobron (1996) 37:05 d5 advance in Kramnik - Anand (2001) 49:08 Rook lift to d3 in Polugaevsky - Lutikov (1957) 58:10 Rook lift in Tal - Dzindzichashvili (1991) 01:02:52 Rook lift and d5 push in Navara - Svidler (2006) 1:10:14 Nxf7 sacrifice in Rubinstein - Burn (1906) 1:29:53 Nxf7 sacrifice in Nepomniachtchi - Kharitonov (2009) 1:37:22 Queen sacrifice in Romanishin - Ljubojevic (1993) 1:44:50 King remains in the center in Geller - Suetin (1981) 1:47:22 Summary of IQP Strategies 👇Check out my Chessable courses! 👇 🏅 Reti: Simplified - https://www.chessable.com/reti-simpli... 🏅 The Battle-Tested Scandinavian Defense - https://www.chessable.com/the-battle-... 🏅 Leningrad Dutch: Simplified - https://www.chessable.com/leningrad-d... 🏅 King's Indian Attack course - https://www.chessable.com/100-reperto... 🏅 Sicilian Kan course - https://www.chessable.com/lifetime-re.... 🏅 Reversed Sicilian course - https://www.chessable.com/lifetime-re... ✨ My Patreon page -   / gmneiksans   ✨ You can support me by upgrading to Chess.com Premium membership (I get a small commission from it) - https://go.chess.com/arturs 🌌 Social Media Links: ✨ TikTok:   / gmneiksans   ✨ Discord Community:   / discord   ✨ GM Neiksans Chess Club: https://www.chess.com/club/gm-neiksan... ✨ Facebook:   / gmneiksans   ✨ Instagram:   / gmneiksans   ✨ Twitter:   / gmneiksans   📧 E-mail for a business inquiry: [email protected] #chess #chesslearning #chessopenings #chesslesson