Pawn Wars

A game with just pawns. Why can't we play it on chess.com?

doduobird123 wrote:

franksmith wrote:

doduobird123 wrote:

It doesn't practice your chess.

It kind of does. It teaches you how to play with pawns. But then again, in a chess game, it is impossible for that to happen.

And it teaches you how to make passed pawns. I started learning chess with the pawn game.

I didn't even realize that it helped you learn chess. Another reason we should have it on chess.com

Playing with the only the Kings and Pawns is considered one of the most effective ways to train oneself in endgames and Chess as a whole. It would be a great addition to Chess.com.

whirlwind2011 wrote:

Playing with the only the Kings and Pawns is considered one of the most effective ways to train oneself in endgames and Chess as a whole. It would be a great addition to Chess.com.

You don't play with kings.

What's the object then? Seems pointless without a possible checkmate.

Promoting first doesn't always win in pawn races.

@jumper6523: Yes, the Kings are absolutely necessary, or else the game is moot.

Would someone please illustrate a good King and pawn game from start to finish? I haven't seen this before.

Scottrf wrote:

jumper6523 wrote:

whirlwind2011 wrote:

Playing with the only the Kings and Pawns is considered one of the most effective ways to train oneself in endgames and Chess as a whole. It would be a great addition to Chess.com.

You don't play with kings.

What's the object then? Seems pointless without a possible checkmate.

Promoting first doesn't always win in pawn races.

Pawn wars is not a checkmating game

you can play with or without kings. Its a different game. without kings, you're just learning the patterns for 3 on 3, 3 on 2, minority attacks, etc. With kings, you have the added complication of kings as fighting pieces, and checkmating. The former is perfectly good for learning pawn on pawn dynamics, and is certainly not 'moot'. Kids are often taught with kingless pawn wars, and adding kings is another step up in complexity and learning.

Edghujk

But still, promotion make it impossible to lose

Not if the pawns are removed from the board upon reaching the promotion square & it's a game of seeing who can get the most pawns to the opposite rank (without being stopped w/ either a capture or a blockade).