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'''Weak Pawns''',
pawns not defended and not defensible by the pawns of the same [[Color|color]], whose [[Stop square|stop square]] is also not covered by a friendly pawn. Some programs, most notably [[Crafty]], do not differentiate between various classes of weak pawns, but most of the time their various kinds are evaluated differently.
=Classes of Weak Pawns=
* [[Isolated Pawn]]
* [[Backward Pawn]]
* '''Overly advanced pawn''' (technically neither isolated nor backward, but nevertheless not defensible by a pawn. Consider the following situation: white pawns on a3, b5 and c4, black pawns on a4, b6 and c7, where the black pawn on a4 falls into this category.)
: <fentt border="double" style="font-size:24pt">1k6/2p5/1p6/1P6/p1P5/P7/3K4/8</fentt>
1k6/2p5/1p6/1P6/p1P5/P7/3K4/8 w - -
Some also add [[Hanging Pawns|hanging pawns]], but they are not as endangered and have a lot more attacking potential than any of the above.
=See also=
* [[Pawn Pattern and Properties]] from [[Bitboards]]
: [[Isolated Pawns (Bitboards)|Isolated Pawns]]
: [[Backward Pawns (Bitboards)|Backward Pawns]]
: [[Dispersion and Distortion]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.chess.com/article/view/strong-and-weak-pawns Strong and Weak Pawns] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalia_Pogonina Natalia Pogonina], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess.com Chess.com], March 15, 2011
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'''Weak Pawns''',
pawns not defended and not defensible by the pawns of the same [[Color|color]], whose [[Stop square|stop square]] is also not covered by a friendly pawn. Some programs, most notably [[Crafty]], do not differentiate between various classes of weak pawns, but most of the time their various kinds are evaluated differently.
=Classes of Weak Pawns=
* [[Isolated Pawn]]
* [[Backward Pawn]]
* '''Overly advanced pawn''' (technically neither isolated nor backward, but nevertheless not defensible by a pawn. Consider the following situation: white pawns on a3, b5 and c4, black pawns on a4, b6 and c7, where the black pawn on a4 falls into this category.)
: <fentt border="double" style="font-size:24pt">1k6/2p5/1p6/1P6/p1P5/P7/3K4/8</fentt>
1k6/2p5/1p6/1P6/p1P5/P7/3K4/8 w - -
Some also add [[Hanging Pawns|hanging pawns]], but they are not as endangered and have a lot more attacking potential than any of the above.
=See also=
* [[Pawn Pattern and Properties]] from [[Bitboards]]
: [[Isolated Pawns (Bitboards)|Isolated Pawns]]
: [[Backward Pawns (Bitboards)|Backward Pawns]]
: [[Dispersion and Distortion]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.chess.com/article/view/strong-and-weak-pawns Strong and Weak Pawns] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalia_Pogonina Natalia Pogonina], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess.com Chess.com], March 15, 2011
'''[[Pawn Structure|Up one Level]]'''
