Good and Bad Pawn Positions of the Castled King
Opening/Middlegame
from: "How To Be A Winner At Chess" by Fred Reinfeld
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Good
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Fianchetto with Bishop
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Weak
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Inferior
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Bad
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Fianchetto w/o Bishop
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Exposed King
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Bad
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Bad
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Bad
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Exposed King
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Exposed King
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Exposed King
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Now, relate these pawn positions to:
1) Whites' - Queen-side castling; and
2) Blacks' - King and Queen-sides castling.
Note:
The further you move your pawns away from your castled King,
the weaker your King becomes (watch out!).
The further your opponent moves his/her pawns away from their King,
the weaker their King becomes (so attack!).