Answers.Body: <p>If you take a look at this beautiful demolition job Carlsen-Smeets,Wijk aan Zee, 2009, you'll notice a few things:</p>
  
  <pre><code>rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1
  1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6
  7.Bb5 e6 8.O-O Be7 9.d4 O-O 10.Re1 Bd7 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.Nxd5 exd5
  13.Ne5 Bf6 14.Bf4 g6 15.Qb3 Na5 16.Qb4 Be6 17.Bh6 Bg7 18.Bxg7
  Kxg7 19.h4 Re8 20.h5 f6 21.Nf3 b6 22.Bb5 Re7 23.Re2 Rcc7
  24.Rae1 Kf7 25.Qd2 Qf8 26.Qf4 Bf5 27.g4 Bc8 28.b4 Nb7 29.Bc6
  1-0
  </code></pre>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Carlsen gets a knight to e5 asap (leaving the d4-pawn only indirectly protected)</li>
  <li>Playing g6 (g3) can be a positional liability, because if you have to play f6 (f3) to kick out the enemy knight, your whole kingside becomes weak.</li>
  <li>Initiative is key: The one who poses threats, will be the one whose d-pawn is strong, the one who has to react, will be the one whose d-pawn will be weak.</li>
  <li>Grabbing an open file with your rooks, might be the last straw that breaks your opponents back.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Of course many games with the double isolated d-pawns are rather different affairs: The heavy pieces bleed out through the open lines. e4/c5 (e5/c5) are protected by the adjacent pawns and in the ending nothing much happens.</p>
  
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Body: <p>What should the plan be for both sides in the Double Isolated Queen Pawn formation, such as the one arising from:</p>
  
  <pre>
  <code>
      [fen ""]
  
  1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 Bb4 5.exd5 exd5 6.cxd5 cxd5
  
  </code>
  </pre>
  
  <p>E.G. - should each side focus on attacking the other's isolated pawn? Defending their own pawn? Ignoring the isolated pawns &amp; playing in the open files? Does it depend on the position?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in Advance!</p>
  
Tags: <strategy><pawn-structure><center><isolated-pawn>
Title: Strategy in "double-isolated" Queen-pawn positions?
ThreadText: # Strategy in "double-isolated" Queen-pawn positions?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-03-15)
  
  What should the plan be for both sides in the Double Isolated Queen Pawn formation, such as the one arising from:
  
  
      [fen ""]
  
  1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 Bb4 5.exd5 exd5 6.cxd5 cxd5
  
  
  
  E.G. - should each side focus on attacking the other's isolated pawn? Defending their own pawn? Ignoring the isolated pawns & playing in the open files? Does it depend on the position?
  Thanks in Advance!
  
  **Tags:** strategy, pawn-structure, center, isolated-pawn
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2014-12-18. Score: 1
  
  If you take a look at this beautiful demolition job Carlsen-Smeets,Wijk aan Zee, 2009, you'll notice a few things:
  rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1
  1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6
  7.Bb5 e6 8.O-O Be7 9.d4 O-O 10.Re1 Bd7 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.Nxd5 exd5
  13.Ne5 Bf6 14.Bf4 g6 15.Qb3 Na5 16.Qb4 Be6 17.Bh6 Bg7 18.Bxg7
  Kxg7 19.h4 Re8 20.h5 f6 21.Nf3 b6 22.Bb5 Re7 23.Re2 Rcc7
  24.Rae1 Kf7 25.Qd2 Qf8 26.Qf4 Bf5 27.g4 Bc8 28.b4 Nb7 29.Bc6
  1-0
  
  
  Carlsen gets a knight to e5 asap (leaving the d4-pawn only indirectly protected)
  Playing g6 (g3) can be a positional liability, because if you have to play f6 (f3) to kick out the enemy knight, your whole kingside becomes weak.
  Initiative is key: The one who poses threats, will be the one whose d-pawn is strong, the one who has to react, will be the one whose d-pawn will be weak.
  Grabbing an open file with your rooks, might be the last straw that breaks your opponents back.
  
  Of course many games with the double isolated d-pawns are rather different affairs: The heavy pieces bleed out through the open lines. e4/c5 (e5/c5) are protected by the adjacent pawns and in the ending nothing much happens.
  
  
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