A term that describes a pawn which has passed the central meridian of the board (between the fourth and fifth ranks), like in the French Defence with the pawn on e5.
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Quotes of the Day
When I am White I win because I am White. When I am Black I win because I am Bogoljubov.
Efim Bogoljubov
Chess…gives students an opportunity to think at a different level.
Dr. Chad Witherspoon 2014
When I play well, I don’t win!
Maxime Vachier Lagrave 2017
Petrosian would never have beaten me if he had played like that in 1963.
Mikhail Botvinnik 1966
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game
Siegbert Tarrasch