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.

Carlsen is paying far less attention to opening theory than his rivals, he is happy to go down paths that may offer no advantage yet have the benefit of dragging opponents out of their “openings book”. Once beyond the reaches of computer-aided openings, Carlsen starts to turn the screw. Judith Polgar
FT, 2014
Ten years ago I said that 2010 would be the end, chess would be exhausted. But it is not true, chess will not die so quickly. Vishy Anand
2008
Tal develops all his pieces in the centre and then sacrifices them somewhere. David Bronstein
Who was the greatest chess player? If chess is an art, Alekhine. If chess is a science, Capablanca. If chess is a struggle, Lasker. Saviely Tartakower
Every chessmaster was once a beginner. Irving Chernev

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HANGING PAWNS

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