Outside passed pawns Posted on April 12, 1996 by DrDave In the middlegame, central pawns are generally worth more than wing pawns In an endgame, wing pawns are generally worth more than central pawns — especially if passed. [Event "East Kilbride Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Turnkey/Fritz 4"] [Black "Hodgson, Julian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D10"] [Annotator "endgame: outside passed pawn"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] [EventType "game"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 {Keeping it solid, avoiding a tactical free-for-all. Good strategy against a computer - or against Hodgson.} 5. Bd3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Nf3 e6 9. Bd2 Na5 10. Qc2 Nc4 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 Bd6 14. b3 {("Dare I say it? White's position is lacking any byte!")} Nxd2 15. Qxd2 O-O 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Qe1 Qe7 18. a4 Bb4 19. Qf1 {("A sure sign that all is not well in RAM-land")} bxa4 20. bxa4 a5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 f6 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qb1 Bd7 {[#]} 25. Bxe4 $2 {"Astonishing... the computer places a higher value on centre Pawns than outside Pawns"- fine advice for the middle-game!} dxe4 26. Qxe4 Bxa4 27. Nf4 Be8 $1 {[#]} 28. Nxe6 a4 29. Qd5 Qd7 30. Qc4 Qb5 31. Qc2 a3 32. Qa2 Bf7 33. d5 Qd3 34. g3 Bg6 {0-1 (34) Comp Fritz 4-Hodgson,J (2615) East Kilbride 1996} 35. d6 {[#]} (35. d6 Bxd6 $1 36. Nf4+ Bf7 37. Qxf7+ Kxf7 38. Nxd3 a2) 0-1 your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts
