HANGING PAWNS

Steinitz’s term for two adjacent Pawns which are on the fourth rank, cannot be supported by other Pawns, are not passed Pawns, and which are on half-open files. About hanging Pawns in end-game Euwe said: hanging Pawns are nearly always weak.

One of the most important things in chess is pattern recognition: the ability to recognise typical themes and images on the board, characteristics of a position and their consequences. Magnus Carlsen
2010
When Korchnoi was living in the USSR I called him ‘hero of socialist labour’; when he moved to the West I renamed him ‘hero of capitalist labour’! Boris Spassky
When you see a good move, look for a better one Emanuel Lasker
Drawing general conclusions about your main weaknesses can provide a great stimulus to further growth. Alexander Kotov
I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else! Boris Spassky

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HANGING PAWNS

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