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Pawns on adjacent files can support each other in attack and defense. A pawn that has no friendly pawns in adjacent files is an isolated pawn. The square in front of an isolated pawn may become an enduring weakness. Any piece placed directly in front not only blocks the advance of that pawn but also cannot be driven away by other pawns.
A pawn race is a situation in which each side tries to promote a passed pawn before their opponent. [29] Usually, the first player to promote wins unless their opponent can promote immediately afterward.
If the pawn is on the third or fourth rank, (a) if it is a bishop pawn or central pawn, White always wins if the black king is cut off by two files for a fourth rank pawn and three files for a third rank pawn (see "The Rule Of Five" below) (i.e. White's rook is two files over from their pawn and the black king is on the other side), and (b) if ...
In early versions of chess, the pawn could not advance two squares on its first move. The two-square advance was introduced later, between the 13th and 16th centuries, to speed up games. [ 14 ] The en passant capture may have been introduced at that time, or it may have come later; references to en passant captures appear in the books by the ...
Rook and pawn endgames are often drawn in spite of one side having an extra pawn. (In some cases, two extra pawns are not enough to win.) An extra pawn is harder to convert to a win in a rook and pawn endgame than any other type of endgame except a bishop endgame with bishops on opposite colors.
Most rook and pawn versus rook endgames reach either the Lucena position (with the King of the stronger side in front of the pawn) or the Philidor position (with the defending King in front of the pawn) if played accurately. [2] The side with the pawn will try to reach the Lucena position to win; the other side will try to reach the Philidor ...
Staunton style chess pieces. Left to right: king, rook, queen, pawn, knight, bishop. The rules of chess (also known as the laws of chess) govern the play of the game of chess. Chess is a two-player abstract strategy board game. Each player controls sixteen pieces of six types on a chessboard. Each type of piece moves in a distinct way.
If the pawn is held up before the fifth rank, the rook is better in front of the pawn. Often the rook is best protecting the pawn from the side if it is on the fifth rank or higher. [20] In the ending of a rook and pawn versus a rook, if the defending king is cut off from the pawn's file, then the best defence is with the rook on its first rank ...