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The far pawn is the hook

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Diagram 4 · Black to move

White has taken space on both wings: pawns on a6 and c5 over here, g5 and h4 over there. Black has less of everything and nothing weak. The knight on d5 stands where no white pawn can ever come to attack it. Where is Black's counterplay? · Karpov vs Larsen, Montreal 1979

sealed

Diagram 4