What is the most useless piece in chess?

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the pawn on f7 because the bishop and queen can checkmate if black doesn’t hold them off

 

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what how

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how...?

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ponz111 wrote:

There are no useless pieces in chess. As you get stronger you will realize this.

Nope. A whole lot of the time, your own pawns are a big hindrance to your attack - especially the b and g pawns, and occasionally the a and h pawns. Also, the bishop can be a completely useless piece if it's blocked in by its own pawns, such as in Hikaru's game vs Natasha, where Natasha was up a bishop (because Hikaru sacced a queen just to demonstrate how useless Natasha's bishop was) and yet completely lost, because the bishop simply couldn't move.

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But if you didn't have those pawns that are a hindrance to your attack then you're lost, so redesign your attack to cope with reality.

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I think pawns are the useless piece in chess
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BenjaminXD47 wrote:
I think pawns are the useless piece in chess



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k i n g

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binomine wrote:

The f pawn.  I mean he served a purpose, but he is always getting the other pieces in trouble and he can't really do too much on his own. 

even the f pawn could be the only piece standing and become a queen and win the game

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i don't like the a pawn and the f pawn they keep the rook from moving into the game

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for me the bishop is the most useless piece because it can rarely check with 2bishops together despite it can rarely check the king bishop is only better in 4moves but 4moves rare happen because they are smart enough to counter it with a pawn or a knight

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knights. most positions or open ones

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OH yeah! The rook is the one that When
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king