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'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[Evaluation]]* [[Pawn Structure]] * Pawn Majority'''
'''Pawn majority''' occurs when one side has more [[Pawn|pawns]] than the other in a given sector of the board. If the pawn majority is not compromised, i.e. if it does not contain [[Doubled Pawn|doubled]] or [[Backward Pawn|backward pawns]], it should eventually create a [[Passed Pawn|passed pawn]] by moving the [[Candidate Passed Pawn|candidate]] forward. A general strategic principle tells us that a player ought to attack on the wing where he possesses a pawn majority. An important exception to this rule is a [[Minority Attack|minority attack]].
=Sample=
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Pawn Majorities
=See also=
* [[Candidate Passed Pawn]]
* [[Doubled Pawn#CrippledMajority|Crippled Majority]] <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] ('''2005'''). ''[https://de.scribd.com/document/10151669/All-About-Doubled-Pawns All About Doubled Pawns]''. (first published in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Life Chess Life], May 2005, p.22)</ref>
* [[Minority Attack]]
=External Links=
* [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chess_Strategy/Queenside_pawn_majority Chess Strategy/Queenside pawn majority from Wikibooks]
=References=
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'''Pawn majority''' occurs when one side has more [[Pawn|pawns]] than the other in a given sector of the board. If the pawn majority is not compromised, i.e. if it does not contain [[Doubled Pawn|doubled]] or [[Backward Pawn|backward pawns]], it should eventually create a [[Passed Pawn|passed pawn]] by moving the [[Candidate Passed Pawn|candidate]] forward. A general strategic principle tells us that a player ought to attack on the wing where he possesses a pawn majority. An important exception to this rule is a [[Minority Attack|minority attack]].
=Sample=
<fentt border="double" style="font-size:24pt">8/8/pp6/5ppp/PPP5/6PP/8/8</fentt>
Pawn Majorities
=See also=
* [[Candidate Passed Pawn]]
* [[Doubled Pawn#CrippledMajority|Crippled Majority]] <ref>[[Larry Kaufman]] ('''2005'''). ''[https://de.scribd.com/document/10151669/All-About-Doubled-Pawns All About Doubled Pawns]''. (first published in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Life Chess Life], May 2005, p.22)</ref>
* [[Minority Attack]]
=External Links=
* [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chess_Strategy/Queenside_pawn_majority Chess Strategy/Queenside pawn majority from Wikibooks]
=References=
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'''[[Pawn Structure|Up one Level]]'''
