The Power of Pawns!

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Passed Pawn

In chess, a passed pawn is a pawn with no opposing pawns to prevent it from advancing to the eighth rank; i.e. there are no opposing pawns in front of it on either the same file or adjacent files.

A passed pawn is EXTREMELY valuable, especially in the endgame!

 
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Pawn tactics

Don’t miss opportunities to outplay your opponent in the endgame!

In the diagram on the right, white to move and win.

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