seven pawn attack

what is a seven pawn attack? can anyone explain this to me?

where did you hear this "seven pawn attack" term being used?

i read it in a novel. the story line says, the seven pawn attack is a verssion of the four pawn attack.

You attack with 7 pawns.  But since it is in a novel the more obvious answer is it doesn't exist in the real world!

and yet, i have a book on chess strategies that refers to the seven-pawn attack as "an alternate attack, used when the original attack has faltered." am i to believe this is not of the real world?

maybe if it were less complicated...can i use my pawn to attack my opponent (successfully) and if so, can you give me an example. i'm honeastly trying to understand this. please...

What book?

It's actually an 8 pawn attack

You'd have to wonder too, which is the poor unfortunate pawn that gets left at home trying to defend by itself?!

i appreciate all of your input, i do. from what i understand, the seven pawn attack is another versioo

n of the four pawn attack--or even as daniel said, the eight pawn attack. once you have all eight pawns aligned, you sacrifice one to allow the other pieces through. for example, d5 to d4, giving up the pawn so the queen can then move ahead to attack.

i'm new at this, so i'm not sure if i could get my pawns aligned and get a chance to make this work without my opponent derailing my whole plan. the rest of you know how difficult it would be to make this actually work. for me it's just a question of patience and timing, but i've never actually gotten all 8 pawns in place. my opponents have been too smart and too experienced to let that happen. still, it's fun to explore the possibilities and learn new things.

thank you, all of you, for helping me with this...

if any of you would like a game, i accept all challenges. i'm new and naive, but i try ...

what is 7 pawn attack?

my original inquiry was about a seven pawn attack, which i first read in a novel. after research and dicussion and comments, i believe the only way this could happen is if my opponent were to allow me to get all eight pawns aligned in the middle of the board. i'm told no one with any experience or even common sense would ever allow this to happen. so my seven pawn attack is simply a theoretical attack and would never actually happen. still, one can imagine...

theres a 4-pawn attack in the Benoni, Alekhines (my fav !), and the KID. when black backcounters w/ a 3-pawn minority attack it becomes a 7-pawn thingy.

now. go out and do the same everyone  !

s/o once moved a pawn (17) straight times and won. it wuzza high-level game too. so cant we call this a 17-pawn attack ?

what i find most interesting is the level of thought that goes into the responses i've gotten from this inquiry. much deeper and more commitment than i would have believe possible. some of you seem serious, some of you seem sarcastic. all of your comments are appreciated--this is how we learn, from interaction with those who have different views. personally, i love it. thank you all...

This game, played yesterday, wasn't far off a 7-pawns attack.  6 pawn moves to start the game

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-grand-swiss-2019/1/1/72

It's an open question as to when a pawn is considered to be 'attacking', but moving a pawn at all certainly shows some attacking intent and pawns don't have to be all in a line across the board to count as attacking together, even though the 4-pawns attack probably is, though I don't remember off-hand

my original inquiry was about a 7 pawn attack, because that's how it was phrased in the book i was reading. the 4 pawn attack seems to be closest to what i was originally thinking of. yet, as you pointed out, how do you actually determine when a pawn is actually attacking. honestly, i love the idea of a pawn attack--4, 7, 8, whatever. i have not played many games where i can attack with my pawns. usually they are sacrificed to give me rooms for other pieces to attack. still, i love the discussion and the differing points of view.

here's a thought--what would the game be like if we had 2 rows of pawns in front of the king and queen?... what kind of strategy would that require?... or have i wandered too far from home now?...

So the point is to kill eachother just with pawns?

cuz i think its one a those morbid love thingys. check out the Seven Pawn Folly. You'll get wut i mean after u do a google.

so want to play