The Advanced Pawn:
Part of the Advanced Beginner's Chess Guide (Section 1)

The Advanced Pawn

Point Count Chess: Advanced Pawn [+];

Any Pawn which makes it to the 5th Rank (thus into enemy territory), or beyond, is Advanced, and gets a plus point. In Diagram 1, below, White's c-pawn has moved into the enemy's territory, making it an Advanced Pawn.

Advanced Pawn, Image 1, Advanced Beginners Chess Guide

Diagram 1: White's c-pawn
is an Advanced Pawn

Incidentally, in Diagram 1, if it were Black's turn, Black could turn either d- or
f- pawns into Advanced Pawns, with ...d4; ...dxe4; or ...fxe4, respectively.

Interactive Examples

Point Count Chess (Horowitz & Mott-Smith, 1960)

The Benoni Pawn at Q5
- NO. 26A & NO. 26B ... p46, Taimanov v. Trifunovich, 1957
- NO. 27A & NO. 27B ... p47-48, Teschner v. Fuderer, 1957

Black P-Q5 against the English

P-Q5 in the Ruy Lopez
- NO. 29 ... p50, Yates v. Rubinstein, 1922

Securing an Outpost Station
- NO. 30 ... p51, Gruenfeld v. Lokvenc, 1926

P-K5 to Chase the King Knight
- NO. 31 ... p52, Keres v. Szabo, 1955
- NO. 32 ... p53, Zukertort v. Blackburne, 1883

P-K5 in the French Defense
- NO. 33 ... p55, Kitto v. Wallace, 1955

The Pawn at K5 by Capture
- NO. 34 ... p56, Euwe v. Bogoljubov, 1928
- NO. 35 ... p57, Tarrasch v. Von Scheve, 1894

The Pawn at KB5 by Capture
- NO. 36 ... p58, Dus Chotimirsky v. Capablanca, 1925
- NO. 37 ... p58, Alekhine v. Capablanca, 1914

Further Reading

Point Count Chess (Horowitz & Mott-Smith, 1960)

The Advanced Pawn, (p44)
The Advanced Pawn SUMMARY, (p59)

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