CONNECTED PAWN

A pawn that can guard or be guarded by a pawn on a adjoining file. The diagram from the game Timman-Winants, Brussels 1986 shows us the connected pawns on b2 and c2.

[Event "Bruxelles 41/76"] [Site "?"] [Date "1986.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Timman, J."] [Black "Winants, L."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A61"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5rk1/pQ1P1pbp/6p1/3n1b2/8/P4N2/1pp1BPPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 29"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "1986.??.??"] 29. Qxd5 Bxd7 $2 (29... b1=Q 30. d8=Q Rxd8 (30... c1=Q $2 31. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 32. Qd1 $1 $18) 31. Qxd8+ Bf8 32. Qd2 Bxa3 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qd4+ $11) 30. Bd3 $1 $18 c1=Q 31. Qxd7 Rb8 32. Qxa7 Rd8 33. Qa6 Bd4 34. Rf1 Bc5 35. a4 Re8 36. Bb1 h5 37. h4 Ba3 38. Qb5 Rc8 39. a5 Qc7 40. a6 Qf4 41. a7 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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CONNECTED PAWN

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