Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 12:13:10 12/26/02
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On December 25, 2002 at 12:22:05, Bruce Moreland wrote: >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. It doesn't matter whether the pawn is on c6 or c7. the pawn on b7 keeps backwards. If you have a white bishop on the black squares i would prefer the pawn on c6 though. Best regards, Vincent >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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