Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 11:27:42 12/31/01
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By the way, a little searching in Google.com can go a long way: http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=lang_en&q=%22pawn+lever%22&btnG=Google+Search On December 31, 2001 at 14:22:47, Roy Eassa wrote: >"Pawn Lever" was first discussed in great detail in the classic chess book, >"Pawn Power in Chess", by Hans Kmoch. It came out in 1959 and introduced a >whole new set of terminology for various pawn formations (ram, sneaker, stop, >telestop, head-duo, buffer duo, and many more). > >The only "new" term from that book that is still commonly used today is "pawn >lever", which refers to the following very simple situation: > >*** > A Black pawn and a White pawn are positioned so that > either one can capture the other. >*** > >"A lever creates tension which may or may not explode in capture. To carry out >the capture frequently involves a concession. ... It usually happens that each >side continues trying to induce the other to make the capture. Their mutual >efforts are comparable to the stress of power and load on a lever." > >There are many sub-types of levers (loose, tight; inner, center, outer; chain, >pincer, cross). > >The whole book is quite fascinating, in my opinion, and a must-have in any >chess-book collection. > > > >On December 31, 2001 at 07:44:35, Gary Cottle wrote: > >>In Fritz 7's Engine Parameters Pawn Levers is mentioned. I have not heard of >>this term and can't find it in chess literature I have access to. If someone >>can explain this to me I'd appreciate it. I was even thinking it might be a typo >>(they meant Pawn "Levels"). >> >>Thanks in advance, >>Gary
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