pawn island

English

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White has three pawn islands. A pawn island consisting of one pawn is an isolated pawn.

Noun

pawn island (plural pawn islands)

  1. (chess) A group of pawns of the same color side by side, without any pawn of the same color diagonally adjacent to them.
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