Thursday, October 25, 2018

[meuwynhp] Camel jumps pawn chains

A pawn chain facing an opposing pawn chain, each pawn blocked by an opposing pawn, is a common formation in chess.  Orthodox chess lacks any piece that can get past this two thick wall of pawns.  However fairy chess offers the camel (a (1,3) leaper), and the alfil (a (2,2) leaper).  These may radically affect theories of pawn structure.

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