Pawn Break & Pawn Rupture
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What's the difference between pawn break and pawn rupture? Are they the same?
Dec 29, 2019
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#2
Definition of pawn break is not agreed upon. I've never heard term "pawn rupture".
Simple definition of pawn break is a pawn advance that breaks up the opponent's pawn formation or opens a file for your rook or a diagonal for your bishop.
McDonald's book The Giants of Strategy describes "the strategic motif of moving a pawn up alongside your most advanced pawn". He says the idea goes back at least as far as Nimzowitsch. Kmoch calls pawns side-by-side a duo ; Philidor referred to them as a phalanx. Kmoch calls the most advanced or leading pawn the "head pawn", and describes the advantage of bringing another pawn up beside it to form a "head duo".
"What is a pawn break ?" was asked & answered on chess.stackexchange.com/questions/1181/what-is-a-pawn-break about 7 years ago. Idea of forming a duo was one of answers, but no agreement.
Summary, a pawn break is a pawn advance that breaks up opponent's formation ( broad definition ), or forms a pawn duo ( narrow definition ).
https://thechessworld.com/articles/middle-game/spotting-the-pawn-ruptures/
The above-mentioned link is about the pawn rupture. Still I'm struggling to comprehend what the pawn rupture exactly is and what it differs from pawn break.
Dec 30, 2019
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#6
Seems like it was poorly translated into English. We call it a "pawn break."
pawn rupturing sounds sooo violent & irreversible. now what ?
Dec 30, 2019
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#8
Looked at the article on thechessworld.com . Game is Shirov-Svidler 1997. Move 21. ...e5 is described as a "rupture". This meets the broad definition of a pawn break as it breaks up the opponents formation. However it does not satisfy McDonald's narrow definition of forming a pawn duo. Actually it separates Svidler's duo , the Sicilian "little center" with pawns on d6 & e6.
Chebyshev's comment that it may be a poor translation is probably the explanation.
The question could be posted on chess.stackexchange.com . Generally the answers there are high quality.
Dec 30, 2019
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#9
You can have a ruptured pawn structure, this much I’ve regularly heard of: that is just an umbrella/generic term for a structure that’s compromised in some way, whether the pawns be isolates, doubled, backward, whatever.
As has already been mentioned, in this specific case it sounds like a translation thing. Pawn break is what they mean (I’ve also heard it referred to as a pawn lever).
