Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 00:40:24 12/24/02
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A backward pawn has the following attributes: 1) It cannot be defended by a pawn. 2) If it advances, it will be captured by an enemy pawn. 3) It is now, or can advance to become, the base of a pawn chain. The classic case is black pawns d6, e5, white pawn e4. The pawn doesn't have to be on an open file. I argue that the pawn cannot be a member of a duo, nor can it advance to form one. Meaning, that in my example above, if you put a white pawn on c4, black pawn on c6, d6 is not backward by this definition. The case you are most concerned about is the case where the pawn is on an open file and there is a protected blockade square in front of the pawn. This devalues a majority and leads to all kinds of positional hell. bruce
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