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JustinHorton
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by JustinHorton » Wed Oct 26, 2022 7:53 pm
During a blitz game on lichess today the following position arose (I had the black pieces) with an unusual pawn formation.
I don't think I've ever had this in my games before, though I've seen it, and even once made an apparently unsuccessful
attempt to give a name to it. Are there any examples of the square occurring in famous games? Have forum members ever had it occur in their own?
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Thomas Rendle
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by Thomas Rendle » Wed Oct 26, 2022 7:59 pm
I had this diamond formation vs two pieces in the ECF Charity Marathon this year:
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by Matt Mackenzie » Wed Oct 26, 2022 8:04 pm
Larsen's book of his own best games had an example arising from him playing the Bishop's Opening as White.
(versus Lengyel, possibly?)
I would say that whilst not exactly common, its far from unknown either.
Examples of 5 pawns on 3 files are rarer, but have definitely happened. Any advance on that?
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Michael Yeo
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by Michael Yeo » Wed Oct 26, 2022 8:21 pm
Eley v Williams Round 11 British Champs 1972
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by JustinHorton » Wed Oct 26, 2022 8:29 pm
Michael Yeo wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2022 8:21 pm
Eley v Williams Round 11 British Champs 1972
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Kevin Thurlow
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by Kevin Thurlow » Wed Oct 26, 2022 8:52 pm
Bellinger,R. -Thurlow,Kevin J
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Hope that works (this time - for those who saw the first attempts...)
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by John Upham » Wed Oct 26, 2022 10:57 pm
Hans Kmoch might have had one of his special names for your structure.
A duo of duos perhaps?
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Roger de Coverly
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by Roger de Coverly » Thu Oct 27, 2022 12:41 am
JustinHorton wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2022 7:53 pm
Have forum members ever had it occur in their own?
I inflicted it on the late Bernard Scott at Paignton in 1987
He did however win the game and afterwards told me it had a special name which I don't recall.
Playing through the game, I also see that I later got an Irish pawn centre.
It was years before I realised that the DB Scott who was a top board for Sussex was the same as Professor DB Scott who wrote books on Mathematical Analysis for Maths undergraduates to read and perhaps learn from.
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by Paul Habershon » Thu Oct 27, 2022 7:03 am
My contribution to pawn formations. White, to move, better at move 39, but eventually drawn in 49.
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by Geoff Chandler » Thu Oct 27, 2022 10:24 am
I recall facing a pawn centre like the one below in an allegro game. It came from a hopelessly played Alekhine Chatard Attack. I lost, in this one White wins. Call it a Pawn Box. (pretty imaginative huh?)
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by Richard James » Sun Nov 06, 2022 12:10 am
Just came across this game, played 100 years ago this month.
