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OBTAINING A PASSED PAWN
sition, but before we devote our time to it I wish to call attention to two things.
11. OBTAINING A PASSED PAWN
When three or more Pawns are opposed to each other in some such position as the one in Example 24, there is always a chance for one side or the other of obtaining a passed Pawn.
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Example 24.— In the above position the way of obtaining a passed Pawn is to advance the centre Pawn.
| 1. | P - Kt 6 | R P × P |
If B P × P; P - R 6,
| 2. | P - B 6 | P × B P |
| 3. | P - R 6 |
and as in this case the White Pawn is nearer to Queen than any of the Black Pawns, White will
