isolated pawn

noun

1. chess a pawn without pawns of the same colour on neighbouring files

Example Sentences

Replaying a short, sharp battle where a queen sacrifice leads to checkmate is fun; the pleasures of watching a grandmaster, like a dentist drilling at a cavity, laboring to win an isolated pawn followed by a precisely played 43-move opposite-colored bishops’ endgame are a lot harder to define.

From Washington Times

Isolated Pawn.—Is a single pawn, the pawns of same colour on the right and left being off the board.

From Project Gutenberg

Pawn which stands alone, without the support and protection of other Pawns, is termed an isolated Pawn.

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The isolated pawn resulting after 13.

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BxKt Kt-Kt4 avoiding an isolated pawn in a subtle manner.

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