Author: Gary Cottle
Date: 13:56:51 12/31/01
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On December 31, 2001 at 14:27:42, Roy Eassa wrote: >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 Thanks Dan and Roy these posts were very instructive. I do appreciate your assistanace.
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