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A Pawn which cannot be blocked or captured by an enemy pawn on its way to the promotion square Usually very dangerous! (Fischer-Berliner) But can be blockaded (XX) or played around (Tartakower-Denker) Click […] to see list of games

When two pieces queue up on a file or diagonal, they more than double their power. When two Rooks join forces on a file or rank, we call them doubled. (Nilsson-Boehm, Marshall-Capablanca) You can even triple major pieces on a file. (Alekhin-Nimzowitsch, Karpov-Kasparov) A Queen and a Bishop can combine to form a powerful battery…

A pawn break brings a pawn into contact with an enemy pawn, hoping to free the position, open lines or force some other benefit. “A break is generally an unexpected or sacrificial pawn move that can serve multiple purposes, including, but not limited to: Opening up files or diagonals Directly attacking opponent’s king Gaining space…

A pawn storm is the advance of all or most of the pawns on a wing, to gain space, to drive away defenders, to open lines, or to do all of these things. We often see pawns storms by White in the Sicilian Defence (Lambert-Puc), and Black may counter with a pawn storm of their…

“An isolated Pawn spreads gloom over the whole chess board” — Xsavery TARTAKOWER A Pawn with no pawns of the same side on neighbouring files Such a pawn can always be protected by pieces, and so may be a weakness Isolated Queen’s Pawns (IQPs) are a special case, where the owner of the IQP has…