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'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[Evaluation]] * [[Game Phases]] * [[Endgame]] * [[Pawn Endgame]] * Pawn Race'''
'''Pawn race''' is a condition where, in a [[Pawn Endgame|pawn endgame]], both sides have likely [[Unstoppable Passer|unstoppable passed pawns]]. A good example of pawn race code can be found in the sources of [[Crafty]].
=Considerations=
To asses such positions correctly, program should take several factors into account:
* [[Distance]] to the [[Promotion Square|promotion square]]
* Do promoted queens give [[Check|check]]?
* Are [[Pawn Spans|front spans]] obstructed by own king?
* Can the opponent king use the [[Rule of the Square|rule of the square]] to its advantage?
=See also=
* [[Réti Endgame Study]]
* [[Rule of the Square]]
* [[King Pattern#SetwiseRuleoftheSquare|Set-wise Rule of the Square]]
* [[Chunker#SzenPosition|Szén Position]]
* [[Tempo]]
* [[Unstoppable Passer]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=60386 Pawn race tb] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[CCC]], July 14, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=65487 Evaluation of pawn races] by [[Rémi Coulom]], [[CCC]], August 21, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=234120 pawn race position] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], June 05, 2002
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14901 A strange position] by [[Alessandro Scotti]], [[CCC]], July 06, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21149 Rule of Square test position] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[CCC]], May 15, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25434 interesting pawn race position] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], December 14, 2008
=External Links=
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pawn_race pawn race - Wiktionary]
* [http://chessskill.blogspot.com/2008/05/pawn-race.html Chess Skills: Pawn Race] by [http://www.blogger.com/profile/13437334325501974461 James Stripes], May 20, 2008
* [https://www.chess.com/article/view/pawn-races How to Understand Pawn Races] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Naroditsky Daniel Naroditsky], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess.com Chess.com], October 31, 2014
* [[Videos#MahavishnuOrchestra|Mahavishnu Orchestra]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inner_Mounting_Flame The Noonward Race], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: [[Videos#JohnMcLaughlin|John McLaughlin]], [[Videos#BillyCobham|Billy Cobham]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Laird Rick Laird], [[Videos#JanHammer|Jan Hammer]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Goodman Jerry Goodman]
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10a45mgMGcY|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
'''[[Pawn Endgame|Up one Level]]'''
'''Pawn race''' is a condition where, in a [[Pawn Endgame|pawn endgame]], both sides have likely [[Unstoppable Passer|unstoppable passed pawns]]. A good example of pawn race code can be found in the sources of [[Crafty]].
=Considerations=
To asses such positions correctly, program should take several factors into account:
* [[Distance]] to the [[Promotion Square|promotion square]]
* Do promoted queens give [[Check|check]]?
* Are [[Pawn Spans|front spans]] obstructed by own king?
* Can the opponent king use the [[Rule of the Square|rule of the square]] to its advantage?
=See also=
* [[Réti Endgame Study]]
* [[Rule of the Square]]
* [[King Pattern#SetwiseRuleoftheSquare|Set-wise Rule of the Square]]
* [[Chunker#SzenPosition|Szén Position]]
* [[Tempo]]
* [[Unstoppable Passer]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=60386 Pawn race tb] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[CCC]], July 14, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=65487 Evaluation of pawn races] by [[Rémi Coulom]], [[CCC]], August 21, 1999
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=234120 pawn race position] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], June 05, 2002
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14901 A strange position] by [[Alessandro Scotti]], [[CCC]], July 06, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21149 Rule of Square test position] by [[Charles Roberson]], [[CCC]], May 15, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25434 interesting pawn race position] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], December 14, 2008
=External Links=
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pawn_race pawn race - Wiktionary]
* [http://chessskill.blogspot.com/2008/05/pawn-race.html Chess Skills: Pawn Race] by [http://www.blogger.com/profile/13437334325501974461 James Stripes], May 20, 2008
* [https://www.chess.com/article/view/pawn-races How to Understand Pawn Races] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Naroditsky Daniel Naroditsky], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess.com Chess.com], October 31, 2014
* [[Videos#MahavishnuOrchestra|Mahavishnu Orchestra]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inner_Mounting_Flame The Noonward Race], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: [[Videos#JohnMcLaughlin|John McLaughlin]], [[Videos#BillyCobham|Billy Cobham]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Laird Rick Laird], [[Videos#JanHammer|Jan Hammer]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Goodman Jerry Goodman]
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10a45mgMGcY|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
'''[[Pawn Endgame|Up one Level]]'''
