connected pawn

English

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

White's pawns on the a, b and, c files are connected, and white's g and h pawns are connected.

Noun

connected pawn (plural connected pawns)

1. (chess) Any of the pawns in a group of pawns of the same color on adjacent files.

Further reading

• Connected pawns on Wikipedia.Wikipedia