Sentence examples for obtaining a queenside from inspiring English sources
She adjusted, obtaining a queenside pawn majority.
Obtaining a marriage license.
14.a5! (Cramping the queenside and obtaining an outpost on b6).
He should have kept his a pawn with 23... a5 to prevent Kasparov from obtaining the queenside pawn avalanche that arose after 24 Ra6! Ra6 25 Ba6 ef 26 gf.
(Black blocks the queenside and goes after the pawn on a4, but according to Botvinnik it is a positional error. White obtains a commanding position by advancing his e-pawn. The flexible 14...Qb7 was better).
But, advancing on the queenside where the player has a majority of the pawns, referred to as a queenside majority, can create a powerful passed pawn that may prove decisive in the late middlegame or endgame.
White, however, has the possibility of a queenside attack with c4 followed by b4.
Ashley faked a queenside engagement with 23 a4, but the truth came out after 23... Qb7 23...3! Kh7 23...3.
The aim of Pogorelov's 7 b5 is to threaten a later b4 to attack the white king if Short castles on the queenside, or if Short castles kingside, a queenside fianchetto will aim for a mating target.
