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backward pawn

n. (context chess English) A pawn that is unable to advance without being threatened by an enemy pawn and is not defensible by pawns of the same color.

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Backward pawn

In chess, a backward pawn is a pawn that is behind all pawns of the same color on the adjacent files and cannot be safely advanced. In the diagram, the black pawn on the c6-square is backward.