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Hanging Pawn Structure (PART-2) As the great Philidor quotes, “Pawns are the soul of CHESS!“
Pawns play a major role in chess. They are the skeleton of a chess game.
If one bone is broken, the entire game will collapse.
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Portland Washington USA - Free chess boards for the taking,
Must take away all 150 Marble and Onyx boards with imperfections.
A PAWN STORM is a chess strategy in which several pawns are moved in rapid succession
towards the opponent’s defenses. A pawn storm usually involves adjacent pawns
on any one side of the board (king side or queen side).
This story about me ran in the newspaper back in 1990
Report => Storrs Center Free USCF # 3
----------------------------------------------------------------- Pair | Player Name |Total|Round|Round|Round| Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | JOSHUA BERKUN |3.0 |W 3|W 5|W 2| CT | 16080502 / R: 1017P19->1258P22 | | | | | | Q: 993P15->1231P18 | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2 | GARY L COTE |2.0 |W 5|W 4|L 1| CT | 10034841 / R: 1848 ->1821 | | | | | | Q: 1684 ->1654 | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 3 | SHLOMI YAAKOBOVICH |2.0 |L 1|W 6|W 4| CT | 15737883 / R: 1770P19->1740P22 | | | | | | Q: 1714P19->1682P22 | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 4 | ROB ROY |1.0 |W 6|L 2|L 3| CT | 10574790 / R: 1400 ->1400 | | | | | | Q: 1213 ->1211 | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 5 | DR SHENGLI ZHOU |1.0 |L 2|L 1|W 6| CT | 16382152 / R: Unrated->1101P3 | | | | | | Q: Unrated->1046P3 | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 6 | SHESH BUDHABHATTI |0.0 |L 4|L 3|L 5| CT | 15039100 / R: 948 -> 918 | | | | | | Q: 864 -> 833 | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------------------- Pair | Player Name |Total|Round|Round|Round| Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | JOSHUA BERKUN |3.0 |W 3|W 5|W 2| CT | 16080502 / R: 1017P19->1258P22 | | | | | | Q: 993P15->1231P18 | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2 | GARY L COTE |2.0 |W 5|W 4|L 1| CT | 10034841 / R: 1848 ->1821 | | | | | | Q: 1684 ->1654 | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 3 | SHLOMI YAAKOBOVICH |2.0 |L 1|W 6|W 4| CT | 15737883 / R: 1770P19->1740P22 | | | | | | Q: 1714P19->1682P22 | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 4 | ROB ROY |1.0 |W 6|L 2|L 3| CT | 10574790 / R: 1400 ->1400 | | | | | | Q: 1213 ->1211 | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 5 | DR SHENGLI ZHOU |1.0 |L 2|L 1|W 6| CT | 16382152 / R: Unrated->1101P3 | | | | | | Q: Unrated->1046P3 | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 6 | SHESH BUDHABHATTI |0.0 |L 4|L 3|L 5| CT | 15039100 / R: 948 -> 918 | | | | | | Q: 864 -> 833 | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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