100 Chess Master Trade Secrets by Andrew Soltis

Author:Andrew Soltis [Soltis, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-84994-155-6
Publisher: Pavilion Books
Published: 2013-08-11T04:00:00+00:00

23 Pawns on Right Color Square

In bishop endgames, what matters most is the color of the squares that your pawns and your opponent’s pawns are on.

White to play

This textbook example illustrates how useless pawns can be on the wrong colored squares. With 1 c5! and 2 b3 White creates an ironclad blockade.

For example 1 … xc5 2 b3 e5 3 e6 c7 4 e4. Black cannot make progress if White passes with bishop moves to g4, f5, e6, etc.

There’s a general rule: In most cases you want your pawns on squares of the opposite color of your bishop. Even with three extra pawns in the last example Black couldn’t win because they were on the wrong color squares.

The pawns lose their offensive power when they share squares with your bishop, as they did in the last example.

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