ADVANCED Pawn

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.

A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused. Rudolf Spielmann
I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up. Magnus Carlsen
” (about Lasker) For me, this personality, notwithstanding his fundamentally optimistic attitude, had a tragic note. The enormous mental resilience, without which no chess player can exist, was so much taken up by chess that he could never free his mind of this game, even when he was occupied by philosophical and humanitarian questions.” Albert Einstein
I think I am certainly more talented than many other people. But I don’t know what talent consists of. Magnus Carlsen
2014
I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else! Boris Spassky

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ADVANCED Pawn

ADVANCED Pawn

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