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[[FILE:ChessGroningen1946-4.jpg|border|right|thumb| Hans Kmoch congratulates [[Mikhail Botvinnik|Botvinnik]], 1946 <ref>Hans Kmoch congratulates [[Mikhail Botvinnik]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groningen_1946_chess_tournament Groningen 1946 chess tournament], cropped from Photo by [https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_van_Haren_Noman Theo van Haren Noman] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anefo ANEFO]), September 06, 1946</ref> ]]
'''Johann Joseph (Hans) Kmoch''' (July 25, 1894 – February 13, 1973)<br/>
was an Austrian-Dutch-American [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_titles#International_Master_.28IM.29 International Master] of over the board chess, writer of '''Pawn Power in Chess''' (German ''Die Kunst der Bauernführung'') and other chess books. Many [[Pawn Structure|pawn structure]] terms used in chess and computer chess are based on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neologism neologisms] defined in Kmoch's famous book <ref>[https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/pawn-power-in-chess-by-hans-kmoch-glossary-of-terms Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch - Glossary of Terms - Chess Forums] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess.com [Chess.com]]</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
* [[Max Euwe]], [[Hans Kmoch]] ('''1948, 1990'''). ''Staunton-Turnier Groningen 1946''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triengen Triengen] / Luzern 1948. [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edition_Olms Edition Olms], 1990
* [[Hans Kmoch]] ('''1959, 1990'''). ''Pawn Power in Chess''. New York: Dover, 1990. Previous ed.: New York: McKay, 1959 [https://books.google.de/books?id=FT7hpAiec3EC&dq=Pawn+Power+in+Chess&pg=PP1&ots=q_yCx72Ms_&sig=sKrQzXouaweUYbwCjfTcaplUF4U&hl=de&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#PPA1,M1 Google Books], [https://www.amazon.com/Pawn-Power-Chess-Hans-Kmoch/dp/0486264866 amazon] <ref>[httphttps://www.amazon.com/review/R3Q8OCBBE3J98S Amazon.com: Review of Pawn Power in Chess (Dover Chess)] by [[Russell Reagan]], August 18, 2001</ref>
=Kmoch terms in CPW=
* [[Double and Triple (Bitboards)]]
* [[Duo Trio Quart (Bitboards)]]
* [[Faker]]* [[Candidates (Bitboards)#Faker|Faker(Bitboards)]]
* [[Hidden Passed Pawn]] = Sneaker
* [[Isolated Pawn]] Isolani
* [[Color Weakness|Leukopenie]]
* [[Color Weakness|Melanpenie]]
* [[Passed Pawn]] = Passer
* [[Passed Pawns (Bitboards)]]
* [[Pawn Center]]
* [[Pawn Chain]]
* [[Pawn Islands]]
* [[Pawn Islands (Bitboards)]]

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