Isolated pawn record?

[Chris Goodall]

I had an online game today as White where I attacked a queenside pawn chain with a4, my opponent played ...bxa4 and for a glorious half-move, until I captured it back, had seven isolated pawns (a6, a4, c5, c4, f7, h7, h6).

There must, must, have been a game where someone had eight?

[Kevin Thurlow]

I sat next to a game at Redhill Chess Club some years ago, where each player had 6 isolated pawns, thus 12 between them, but 7 for one player is impressive.

[John Upham]

Who uses the term "Isolani" these days?

Is this a forgotten term?

[Roger Lancaster]

Who uses the term "Isolani" these days?

Is this a forgotten term?

Presumably not forgotten as there's a 2017 film of the same name. I haven't viewed it but the title appears to have nothing to do with chess but instead to describe the lead character, a young and vulnerable single mother. It's clear where the idea for the title originated.

[MJMcCready]

Who uses the term "Isolani" these days?

Is this a forgotten term?

I don't think so, I still hear it from time to time.

[Francis Fields]

The theory of isolated pawns is boring. As they are just weaker than connected pawns. Weaker - in this sense - meaning less.