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In chess
Chess

Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two Player . Sometimes called Western chess or international chess to distinguish it from History of chess and other chess variants, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older...
, connected pawns are two or more pawns of the same color on adjacent files, as distinct from isolated pawn
Isolated pawn

In chess, an isolated pawn is a pawn for which there is no friendly pawn on an adjacent Chess terminology#File. An isolated Queen 's pawn is often called an isolani....
s. These pawns are instrumental in creating pawn structure because, when diagonally adjacent, like the two rightmost white pawns, they form a pawn chain, a chain where the one behind protects the one in front. When attacking these chains, the weak spot is the backmost pawn, because it is not protected .

Connected pawns become a major advantage at the endgame because connected pawns offer versatility and support as the line of pawns advance.






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In chess
Chess

Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two Player . Sometimes called Western chess or international chess to distinguish it from History of chess and other chess variants, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older...
, connected pawns are two or more pawns of the same color on adjacent files, as distinct from isolated pawn
Isolated pawn

In chess, an isolated pawn is a pawn for which there is no friendly pawn on an adjacent Chess terminology#File. An isolated Queen 's pawn is often called an isolani....
s. These pawns are instrumental in creating pawn structure because, when diagonally adjacent, like the two rightmost white pawns, they form a pawn chain, a chain where the one behind protects the one in front. When attacking these chains, the weak spot is the backmost pawn, because it is not protected .

Connected pawns become a major advantage at the endgame because connected pawns offer versatility and support as the line of pawns advance. If the backmost pawn of a pawn chain is well-defended, it becomes almost impossible to prevent a pawn from promoting
Promotion (chess)

Promotion is a chess term describing the transformation of a Pawn that reaches its eighth rank into the player's choice of a Queen , Knight , Rook , or Bishop of the same List of chess terms#Color ....
 without loss of material. Because of this property, minor pieces may be sacrificed
Sacrifice (chess)

In the game of chess, a sacrifice is a move giving up a Chess piece or Pawn in the hopes of gaining tactical or positional compensation in other forms....
 for passed
Passed pawn

In chess, a passed pawn is a pawn with no opposing pawns to prevent it from advancing to the eighth chess terminology#Rank, i.e. there are no opposing pawns in front of it on the same chess terminology#File nor on an adjacent file....
 connected pawns during games, especially if backed with rooks
Rook (chess)

A rook is a chess piece in the strategy board game of chess. In the past the piece was called the castle, tower, marquess, rector, and comes , and non-players still often call it a "castle"....
.

Two connected pawns on the same rank without any friendly pawns on adjacent files are called hanging pawns.

Connected pawns are usually an advantage. An exception is in an opposite-colored bishops endgame with a bishop and two pawns versus a bishop on the opposite color. If the pawns are not beyond their fifth rank the game is a draw
Draw (chess)

In chess, a draw is one of the possible outcomes of a game, the others being a win for White and a win for Black . Traditionally, in tournaments a draw is worth a half point to each player, while a win is worth one point to the victor and none to the loser....
 whereas widely-separated pawns would win.

See also

  • Pawn structure
    Pawn structure

    In chess, the pawn structure is the configuration of pawn on the chessboard. Since pawns are the least mobile of the chess pieces, the pawn structure is relatively static and thus largely determines the strategic nature of the position....
  • Isolated pawn
    Isolated pawn

    In chess, an isolated pawn is a pawn for which there is no friendly pawn on an adjacent Chess terminology#File. An isolated Queen 's pawn is often called an isolani....
  • Doubled pawns
    Doubled pawns

    In chess, doubled pawns are two pawn s of the same color residing on the same Chess terminology#File. Pawns can become doubled only when one pawn captures onto a file on which another friendly pawn resides....
  • Backward pawn
    Backward pawn

    In chess, a backward pawn is a pawn that is behind the pawns of the same color on the adjacent Chess terminology#File and that cannot be advanced without loss of material, usually the backward pawn itself....