Author: Tony Werten
Date: 23:53:48 01/05/06
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On January 04, 2006 at 14:17:48, Gerd Isenberg wrote: >On January 03, 2006 at 05:54:26, JW de Kort wrote: > >>Can anyboby answer the question in the header? >> >>Thanks! > >Not yet a passer, but already no counter pawns on the same rank (i call the >"open"), but opposite guards - so that advancing the pawn results in a lever >(pawn capture distance). If the number of own neighbourd "helper" pawns, >supporting the advance, is greater or equal than the number of guard pawns, it >is an candidate passer. Here white b4-pawn and black g5-pawn are candidate >passers: BUT make sure You don't count the B-pawn as a candidate in this case (or you'll think you have 2 passed pawns (b and c) Tony [D]6k1/8/p7/5ppp/1PP5/5P1P/8/6K1 w - - > >[D]6k1/8/2p5/5ppp/1PP5/5P1P/8/6K1 w - - > >But here the same pawns are no longer candidates: > >[D]6k1/2p5/2p5/6pp/1PP5/5P1P/8/6K1 w - - > >Another kind to consider are "advanced" backward pawns, where the guard is >rammed by an own neighbourd pawn and not defended by an own pawn. The own >neighbour becomes free if the guard pawn captures: > >[D]6k1/8/2p5/2P2ppp/1P6/5P1P/8/6K1 w - - > >Gerd
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