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 The Role Of The Pawn Centre'The Art Of Attack Chess' - Copyright - 1993 The centre pawns have the task of controlling important squares and preventing the opposing forces from using them. As a result the pawn centre is the main weapon in the struggle for an advantage in development and space. However, in addition to the general positional function of restricting the opponent, the pawn centre also acts as a basis for an attack on the castled king. Firstly, the overall restriction imposed on the opponent makes it difficult for him to deploy his pieces and so indirectly assists the attacker’s plans; in addition, each of the centre pawns directly controls the outer squares of the castle position. Thus, on e5, the e-pawn controls the important square f6 and on e6, the square f7; a similar control is exercised against the queenside castling position by the d-pawn (the square c6 and c7). = ) |
