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Configuration of pawns on a chessboard
In a game of chess, the pawn structure (sometimes known as the pawn skeleton) is the configuration of pawns on the chessboard. Because pawns are the least mobile of the chess pieces, the pawn structure is relatively static and thus plays a large role in determining the strategic character of the position.
This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.
game of chess, the pawnstructure (sometimes known as the pawn skeleton) is the configuration of pawns on the chessboard. Because pawns are the least mobile...
structure (bishops on b7 and g7) and a small pawn centre (pawns on d6 and e6). The knights are typically developed to e7 and d7 and the rook's pawns to...
the problem of hanging pawns as related. See also Pawnstructure § Queen's Gambit – Isolani. isolated pawn A pawn with no pawn of the same color on an...
account such factors as the relative value of the pieces on the board, pawnstructure, king safety, position of pieces, and control of key squares and groups...
play. Examples of strategic advantages are weaknesses in, compromised pawnstructure in, and sustained pressure on, the opponent's position. Often, to dichotomize...
enhance this. Pawnstructure: Players strive to avoid the creation of pawn weaknesses such as isolated, doubled, or backward pawns, and pawn islands – and...
the center of the board with pawns, effectively forcing an open game, while allowing Black to build a strong pawnstructure. This article uses algebraic...
creating pawn structure because, when diagonally adjacent, like the two rightmost white pawns, they form a pawn chain, where the pawn behind protects...
pawn with 3.Bd3 allows 3...dxe4 4.Bxe4 Nf6, when Black gains either a tempo or the advantage of the two bishops. The diagram shows a pawnstructure commonly...
while 6.Nc3 keeps the material advantage of a pawn at the cost of a weakening of the white pawnstructure. Black usually looks to have an aggressive game...
Qd3) 10.Qxf5 Nf7 11.Bf4 Qd7 12.Qxd7+ Kxd7 13.Nd2 when Black's inferior pawnstructure gave White a small advantage in Shaw–Salmensuu, European Team Championship...
d4 and develops the dark-squared bishop to f4, then supports the d4-pawn with pawns on e3 and c3. The other bishop is developed to d3 (or occasionally...
equivalent to a rook plus one pawn. The pawnstructure is important. The two pieces have the advantage if the opponent's pawns are weak. Initiative is more...
unblocked; the pawnstructure remains balanced. Also, if Black later takes the gambit pawn with ...dxc4, the support provided by the pawn on c6 (and possibly...
pawn is a pawn that has no friendly pawn on an adjacent file. Isolated pawns are usually a weakness because they cannot be protected by other pawns....
reply is 1...d5 which threatens 2...Bxh3, ruining White's kingside pawnstructure. White usually plays 2.g3 to prevent this, when Black can continue to...
In chess, doubled pawns are two pawns of the same color residing on the same file. Pawns can become doubled only when one pawn captures onto a file on...
backward pawn is a pawn that is behind all pawns of the same color on the adjacent files and cannot be safely advanced. In the diagram, the black pawn on the...
has to defend the d-pawn. This weakens Black's kingside pawnstructure, but in return Black gains the two bishops and a central pawn majority. Another variation...
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