what to do against the pawn attac?

I am playing some games against a friend of mine here at RHP and he loves to move his pawns. sometimes this causes a lot of troubles and some games I won just because he mede some big mistakes.
if you want (to give me some general hints), have a look at http://www.redhotpawn.com/core/viewpublicgames.php?p1name=thire&p2name=lucent&action=search
I try to develope my pieces but after 20 moves problems get bigger and bigger because I don#t have any space anymore to move because his pawns crawle over my land like a catapillar...
please to NOT comment the ongoing game!
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The thing to remember about pawns is that everytime they move forward, they permanently give up control of the squares they had controlled before. Without getting into the specifics of your games, I'll offer this advice. Rather than quaking in fear when he gets one of his pawn storms rolling, look closely at the squares he is leaving in your control. Get your pieces to these squares, preferably protected by your own pawns. Also, look for ways to break up his pawns to make them more vulnerable. Pawn storms are generally employed for a specific purpose, such as opening lines to an enemy king or weakening the enemy pawn structure. Your friend doesn't seem to have much rhyme or reason behind his pawn storms.

Moving pawns forward is a double edge strategy, I would advise that you develop your pieces as quickly as possible on the best squares, and only after you go hunting his pawns or his King.

I think one good way to deal with those looney pawn storms is to simply trade them off, old-school style. blockade with a piece, attack with a pawn.

Or just accept the pawn trades. If he's sitting there wasting tempo pushing pawns, while you're developing, when you finish trading pawns with him, you should come out of it with an advantage. Go for an open game. I'm looking at, for example, Game 439539 With your control of the center and his uncastled position, I'd have just gone with 8. dxe5 And certainly not stuck the knight in that horrible position on move 13.

You should try to exchange when he play his pawns.Also exchange when
material is level.Try to attack pawns which is unprotected.
hope this will help u.
Caswin

thank you all for your hints and opions!
I will try go keep them in mind in my future games against him! 🙂
th

Originally posted by paultopia
Go for an open game.

Originally posted by flexmore
this is what i almost always do,
your opponent has taken many moves advancing and advancing pawns (at a higher level of play just one or two extra advancing pawn moves will call for this strategy),
presumably you have done something else ...[text shortened]... flank, open flank can be very dangerous depending on the situation

Originally posted by iamatiger
Game 227902

Originally posted by thire
very cool game! I liked it very much!
why did (s)he give up? I don't see a matt... yes (s)he is weaker, but it isn't over...
th

Originally posted by Natural Science
It is practically over. After 23...Rh8, 24. Ng7+ Ke7 25. Qxg7+ Kd6 26. Rd1+. Rather than face this he decided to resign.