Here are useful and simple rules of thumb: Two connected passed pawns on the 5th rank are generally worth a knight or bishop; Two connected passers on the 6th rank are generally worth a rook; And two connected passers on the 7th are generally worth a queen.
But what’s the value of having more than two advanced connected passers? There’s nothing in chess as intimidating as a pawn storm, a cluster of connected pawns rolling down the board as part of a coordinated attack. That’s what this e-book explores in an assortment of interesting games, all of which involve remarkable pawn masses.
Unlike many other inexpensive chess e-books, these are fully annotated in understandable, simple language. The profuse use of diagrams make these among the first chess books that you can read WITHOUT A BOARD at your side.
Jon Edwards won the 10th United States Correspondence Championship in 1997 and the 8th North American Invitational Correspondence Chess Championship in 1999.
But what’s the value of having more than two advanced connected passers? There’s nothing in chess as intimidating as a pawn storm, a cluster of connected pawns rolling down the board as part of a coordinated attack. That’s what this e-book explores in an assortment of interesting games, all of which involve remarkable pawn masses.
Unlike many other inexpensive chess e-books, these are fully annotated in understandable, simple language. The profuse use of diagrams make these among the first chess books that you can read WITHOUT A BOARD at your side.
Jon Edwards won the 10th United States Correspondence Championship in 1997 and the 8th North American Invitational Correspondence Chess Championship in 1999.
