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Firouzja gets Hooked at 2020 Tata Steel! | Road to 2000 - NM Caleb Denby

National Master Caleb Denby talks all about pawn hooks in chess. A hook is an advanced pawn which can be exploited by the opponent to open lines. See examples from the 2020 Tata Steel Masters, including Caruana using a Firouzja hook to break.

2020.01.22
Fabiano Caruana vs Alireza Firouzja, Tata Steel Masters (2020): E71 King's Indian, Makagonov system (5.h3)
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1990573
Magnus Carlsen vs Vladislav Kovalev, Tata Steel Masters (2020): D55 Queen's Gambit Declined, Neo-orthodox variation
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1990665
Daniil Dubov vs Vladislav Artemiev, Tata Steel Masters (2020): B12 Caro-Kann, advance variation
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1990441