They are the unsung heroes. In fact, pawns are the soul of chess, as the great François-André Danican Philidor once said.
There’s no better feeling in a game of chess than sacficing material, merely to devastate your opponent’s pawn structure, such that their counterplay, even with a seemingly decisive material advantage, is totally neutered.
True story: Hans Kmoch’s Pawn Power is my bathroom reading.
(Via the Chess.com email blast)
Damn I miss playing chess.
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Damn I miss playing chess.
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