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=Aspects=
A backward pawn is worse, or even a real [[Backward Pawns (Bitboards)#Straggler|Straggler]], if on a [[Half-open fileFile|half-open file]] as suitable target of opponent [[Rook|rooks]]. As pointed out by [[Sam Hamilton]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=290991&t=29689 Re: Doubled and Backward Pawn Engine "Definitions"] by [[Sam Hamilton]], [[CCC]], September 13, 2009</ref>, considering stop squares might be insufficient for pawns which may actually push, but have a permanent weakened [[Pawn Spans#StopandDistantStop|telestop]]. On the other hand, such a backward prospective pawn has a vital [[Tempo|tempo]], which is often decisive in certain [[Pawn Endgame|pawn endings]].
=See also=
=Forum Posts=
==1999==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=56328 Detecting backward pawns] by [[James Robertson]], [[CCC]], June 17, 1999
: [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=56431 Re: Detecting backward pawns] by [[Edward Screven]], [[CCC]], June 17, 1999
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=272739 WHAT is the definition of a backward pawn?] by [[Bas Hamstra]], [[CCC]], December 23, 2002
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=52300 What is a backward pawn?] by [[Lyudmil Tsvetkov]], [[CCC]], May 12, 2014
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57861 Pawn backwardness] by [[Natale Galioto]], [[CCC]], October 06, 2015
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/fishcooking/7v29HZhwDsk/DFesjUyZAAAJ Some questions about backward pawns] by [[Stephane Nicolet]], [[Computer Chess Forums|FishCooking]], November 20, 2016 » [[Stockfish]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=71205 backward pawn] by [[Vivien Clauzon]], [[CCC]], July 06, 2019
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