Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 09:22:05 12/25/02
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On December 24, 2002 at 19:38:27, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >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. You could take away the pawns on c5 and c7 and the pawn on b7 is still a target, it's just a different kind of target. I think if you put the second black pawn on c6, the one on b7 is backward. The keys, in my opinion, are that: 1) Advance be prevented by another pawn. 2) The pawn's stop square is weak. bruce
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