Pawn Chain

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A Pawn chain consists of pawns placed on the same diagonal, without interruption, so that only one of them is undefended. That pawn is called a base of pawn chain. The player opposing the pawn chain should attack its base or else strive to exchange pawns being parts of the chain. The old chess theory warned against attacking the peak of the chain, but some lines of the French defense show that this strategy is perfectly applicable.

See also#

• Connectivity
• Connected Pawns
• Pawn Pattern and Properties of the Bitboards pages

Defended Defenders inner pawns of a at least triple-chain Not Defended Defenders the base of a chain Not Defending Defended the peak of a chain

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Forum Posts#

2014#

• 5 underestimated evaluation rules by Lyudmil Tsvetkov, CCC, January 23, 2014
• Huge simplification by Lyudmil Tsvetkov, CCC, April 25, 2014 » Stockfish

Re: Huge simplification by Lyudmil Tsvetkov, CCC, April 26, 2014 Re: Huge simplification by Lyudmil Tsvetkov, CCC, April 26, 2014

2015#

• LCP by Lyudmil Tsvetkov, CCC, February 09, 2015
• pointy chains redux (part 1) by Carl Langan, CCC, February 20, 2015
• Longer chain pawn again by Lyudmil Tsvetkov, CCC, February 25, 2015
• pattern coding in bitboards by Pawel Koziol, CCC, February 26, 2015 » Defended Defenders
• Chain, duo, connected by Lyudmil Tsvetkov, CCC, May 02, 2015

External Links#

• The d5 chain from Wikipedia
• The e5 chain from Wikipedia
• Janis Joplin - Ball and Chain, Monterey Pop Festival, June 1967, YouTube Video

References#

1. ↑ Re: Huge simplification by Lyudmil Tsvetkov, CCC, April 26, 2014
2. ↑ Re: Huge simplification by Lyudmil Tsvetkov, CCC, April 26, 2014

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