The Power of a Queenside Pawn Majority

Let's start with the game that first introduced me to this idea:

Generally, it is not often that a particular plan you find inspiring or interesting can be reproduced in one of your own games. However, I later played two games in which I very much had Capablanca's classical game in mind. I guess that goes to show that studying the classics might not be a complete waste of time after all ;)

Take a moment to think before looking at the strongest response.

A year later, I got another chance to follow in the footsteps of Capablanca, whose games I've always admired. In the following game, I faced my good friend Chris Repka from Slovakia.

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