A pawn that is not opposed by an enemy pawn either on its own file or adjacent files.
ECHESSPEDIA
Quotes of the Day
I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of Chess
Siegbert Tarrasch
” The essence of chess is thinking about what chess is.”
David Bronstein
16. “By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don’t swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate moves, but for their vision of chess, their way of thinking.
Anatoly Karpov
Some twenty years ago an English journalist complained that in sports, only chess and marbles were above suspicion. One wonders what has happened in the world of marbles.
Hans Ree
I understood that through chess I could express myself and chess became my natural language.
Boris Spassky 1995
