HOSAPETE CHESS ACADEMY (HCA) HOSAPETE

Pawn basics
01) Passed pawn (passer)
02) Protected Passed pawn
03) Isolated pawn
04) Doubled pawns
05) Hanging pawns
06) Backward pawns
07) Candidate Passed pawn
08) Fixed pawn
09) Pawn island
10) Pawn chain
01) Passed pawn (passer) :-
A pawn that, no enemy pawn can stop on its way to queening
“A passed pawn value tends increase as more and more pieces are exchange”
Ex :- White :- b5,d3,e3
Black :- a7,d7,f6,g7
02) Protected Passed pawn :-
A passed pawn is that has a pawn protecting it.
“protected passed pawns are especially valuable in king and pawn end games”
Ex :- White:- Ke2, a2,f5, g4 (white to move)
Black :- Kf6,a4, b4, g5
03) Isolated pawn :-
A pawn with no pawn of the same color on the files next to it
Ex :- White :- a3, b2, d4, f2, g2, h3
Black :- a7, b7, e6, f7, g7, h7
“ the squares in front of an isolated pawn tend to be excellent homes for your pieces “
04) Doubled pawns :-
Two pawns of the same color that are on the same file.
Ex :- white :- Kf2, b3, g4, h4
Black :- Kf8, b4, b5, h6
05) Hanging pawns :-
Two pawns of the same color that are together and don’t have any pawns of the same
color on the files next to them
Ex :- White :- Ra1, Rf1, Kg1, a2, b2, f2, g2, h2, Qc3, e3, Nf3
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Black :- a7, Bb7, Qe7, f7, g7, h7, Ra8, Nb8,Rf8, Kg8, c5, d5
Here c5 and d5 are hanging pawns
06) Backward pawns :-
A pawn that trails behind a pawn of the same color of an adjacent file
Ex :- White :- a5, b4, e4
Black :- a6, d7, e5
Here b4 and d7 pawns are backward pawns
07) Candidate passed pawn :-
The pawn of a pawn majority that can produce a passed pawn and that is on half
opened file
Ex :- white :- a3, b3, Ke1, h3,
Black :- b6, Ke8, g6, h6,
“ candidate passed pawns should lead the way “
08) Fixed pawns :-
A pawn that cannot move (capture) due to an enemy pawn blocking it
Ex :- white :- a2, b3, e4, g3, h4
Black :- a5, e5, g7, h7
09) Pawn island :-
A group of pawns of one color on consecutive files with no other pawns of the same
color on any adjacent files
Ex :- white :- a4, c2, d2, e3, g2, h2, g3
Black :- a6, b7, d7, e6, e7, g7, h7
“In general, the fewer pawn islands you have the better”
10) Pawn chain :-
A fixed and connected diagonal formation of pawns is called pawn chain
Ex :- white :- Kg1, a2, b2, c3, d4, , e5, f2, g2, h3
Black :- Kg8, a7, b6, c4, d5, e6, f7, g7, h5
From white side e5 – head of the pawn chain
From white side c3 – tail of the pawn chain
From black side c4 – head of the pawn chain
From black side e6 – tail of the pawn chain