The Rook and the Dangling Pawn
What to Remember
A Dangling Pawn combined with a Rook is powerful.
Specific Examples
If you drop a Pawn on P-24 here, the opponent is crushed. The opponent cannot add any pieces to defend the 23-square. Even if they want to drop a Pawn, they cannot do so because their Bishop is already on that file.
As a result, P-23+ successfully works.
Moving on to the next example
Here, we drop a Dangling Pawn. If the Silver moves, we can capture the Gold. This means the Silver cannot move. As a result, we can create a Promoted Pawn (Tokin).
Moving on to the next example
Here, we drop a Dangling Pawn. The opponent cannot defend against it, allowing us to create a Promoted Pawn (Tokin).
Summary
- Since the Rook is a powerful piece, it is easy to combine with a Dangling Pawn.
- A Dangling Pawn combined with a Rook is powerful.
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