Sentry

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In the terminology used by Hans Kmoch, a Sentry is a pawn controlling the square lying on the path or front span of an opponent's pawn, thereby preventing it from becoming a passed pawn.

=See also=
 * Stop Square
 * Pawn Spans from Pawn Pattern and Properties in Bitboards
 * Stop and Telestop

=External Links=
 * Sentry Chess - the pawn can sometimes capture northward
 * sentry - Wiktionary
 * Sentry from Wikipedia
 * Sentry (comics) from Wikipedia
 * Sentry (Robert Reynolds) from Wikipedia

=References=

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