I begin to think that we must give really importance to our pawn structure during the game. A pawn is just a pawn but it could also become a queen. I have lost severall games because i didnt pay to many attention to the pawns. What do you think about the power of pawns in chess? Are they really the soul of chess?

 

 

that is good    pawns just look like pawns but that little pawn that doesn't get payed much attention can really be the game winning peice.

 I have been beaten after what I thought to be a hard victory because I forgot to consider the pawn.  I think what we consider to be an unimportant piece, because it can not move or cover an area like the other pieces we forget that a game can be lost or won by the pawn.

once the peices are gone, pawns are all thats left...

pawns are like the bunkers , barriers(that knights bounce over), and cover from attacks, think of chess with no pawns......

Mebeme, funny chessboard you presented :-)

A lot of people think that the pawns are the souls of chess. I don't think so.  

i think pawns are important for the game as they always be needed ... even in the ending of a game

Pawns are members of your team. The books written about this game emphasize to always try and get equal value for your pieces. So pawns are not valued as much as the other pieces. Some say sacrifice pawns for positional developement, to sacrifice is to give up value. So pawns are indeed valuable. As we develope our chess skills, it is not the pawn that changes, but our perceptions of it's worth. As the game progresses the lowly pawn can keep out a more powerful piece, just by the value of the exchange, who wants to trade a rook for a pawn, and as already stated they are potential queens.

Read Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch. He uses some strange terminology but once you get past that you'll see how pawns really work. 

pawns 2 me are just as important 2 me as most of the other peices ... they can cum in very handy towards the middle/end of a game

joaoporto wrote:

I begin to think that we must give really importance to our pawn structure during the game. A pawn is just a pawn but it could also become a queen. I have lost severall games because i didnt pay to many attention to the pawns. What do you think about the power of pawns in chess? Are they really the soul of chess?

 

 

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Yes they are. Partly because they all have the power to become Q's but also because they determine the freedom, or lack of it, of the pieces. In our last game you allowed my pawns to advance and I had them on b4,c5 and d6. You had your B's on b8 and b7. Neither could get out. It was like you were playing with two pieces down! Your position was completely lost because of the pawns. They were as good as two pieces.

well said bruciebaby

yes, bruciebaby, it was one more game that i lost because the advanced pawns you played very well.

lol...

Pawns are just pawns in the opening and middlegame, they are expendable and unimportant but in the ending they become the absolute epicenter of play. Never underestimate the power of passed pawns.

i think in the middlegame, pawns begin to have a decisive importance to the end of the game.

yes joaoporto ... i totally agree

 

Here it goes the game where bruciebaby smashed me with advanced paws:

joaoporto wrote:

Here it goes the game where bruciebaby smashed me with advanced paws:

 

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Sorry,i did something wrong; i will try to put the game :-(