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Subject: Re: WHAT is the definition of a backward pawn?

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 16:38:27 12/24/02

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On December 24, 2002 at 03:40:24, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>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,

I disagree. Some pawns can be member of a duo and backward.

For example white Rb1,c5
black             b7,c7 Kc8

b7 is backward. c5 is not. It is isolated.

>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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