Questions tagged [isolated-pawn]
A pawn is said to be an isolated pawn if there are no pawns of the same colour on adjacent files.
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Silman's second negative of isolated pawns
What is Silman actually trying to say here? That it requires tremendous work to take the isolated pawn? That the formula is complex? That it is not possible(unless the opponent does not bother ...
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What are good books on the Panov-Botvinnik Attack and playing with an IQP?
Respectively, what are good books for the Panov-Botvinnik Attack and playing with an isolated queen pawn?
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CQL - Isolated Queen Pawn postions
I'm looking for a CQL query that will return all positions with the below pawn structure for both White and Black
[FEN "8/pp3ppp/4p3/8/3P4/8/PP3PPP/8 w - - 0 1"]
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Technique to win this same colored bishop endgame
The following endgame is a same-colored bishop endgame which I had on a game in Lichess. I tried for approximately 30 moves to try and win this game, but in the end, I got nothing more than a draw. I ...
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Go for an isolated pawn
I am having trouble deciding whether I should allow getting an isolated by pushing d5. For instance, this is one of many such positions:
[FEN "rn1q1rk1/pp2bppp/2ppbn2/8/2PP4/2N2N2/PP2BPPP/R1BQK2R w ...
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Capture the c-pawn, so the opponent has an IQP but improved development, or let them push the c-pawn and form a queenside majority?
This dilemma occurs in a variety of positions.
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/pp1nbpp1/5n1p/2pp4/3P3B/2NBPN2/PP3PPP/R2QK2R w KQ - 0 10"]
Here, it's white to move, and white has to choose between:
capturing black's ...
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Why is an isolated queen pawn so special?
Various articles and books mention the following advantages of having an isolani:
Better development
Outposts on e5 and c5
Constrained Black position
What I don't understand is how are the above ...
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Are isolated passed pawns good or bad?
I frequently face situations in the late middle game (perhaps only a one minor piece and a rook or two on each side, no queens) where I can force a position (via exchanges) where both players are ...
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Strategy in Isolated Queen Pawn Positions
What should Black's plan be in Isolated Queen Pawn Openings like this one arising from the Caro-Kann Panov attack?
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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.cxd5 Nxd5
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Strategy in "double-isolated" Queen-pawn positions?
What should the plan be for both sides in the Double Isolated Queen Pawn formation, such as the one arising from:
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 Bb4 5.exd5 exd5 6.cxd5 cxd5
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