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.

When I see the Berlin defence, I am almost happy that I am not longer a top player! Nigel Short
2016
Parapsychology? That’s a bunch of bananas. Korchnoi believes in that. He is still playing his game with the ghost of Geza Maroczy. Nathan Divinsky
2004
My relation with Korchnoi depends on whether he has slept well. If he had bad dreams, he speaks a lot of rubbish. Anatoly Karpov
2005
.If we compare Carlsen with Anand or me or someone else, by ten criteria, he will be stronger in eight of them. Veselin Topalov
2015
When you see a good move, look for a better one Emanuel Lasker

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HANGING PAWNS

HANGING PAWNS

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