Davies argued that a pawn is a small price to pay for the "initiative"—that invisible force that keeps your opponent reacting instead of acting.
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When he pushed his d-pawn and then followed up with an immediate, "unsound" sacrifice, the teenager paused. The clock ticked. The boy’s brow furrowed. He had memorized the main lines of the Slav Defense, but he hadn't prepared for the wild, Davies-inspired lines Arthur was now uncorking. Davies argued that a pawn is a small