QUESTION 3: This position came about after 18.Nc3 c6 19.Rd1 a5 20.Bf3 f5 21.Rd4 Kf7 22.Ra4 Ra8 23.b4 Ree8. Explain the moves played here – what is going on? QUESTION 4: what is the point of Black’s sacrifice of the a-pawn?
23…Ree8 Sac the a5-pawn
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QUESTION 3: This position came about after 18.Nc3 c6 19.Rd1 a5 20.Bf3 f5 21.Rd4 Kf7 22.Ra4 Ra8 23.b4 Ree8. Explain the moves played here – what is going on? QUESTION 4: what is the point of Black’s sacrifice of the a-pawn?