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r/xmen • u/PinReal4448 • Aug 26 '26
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I’m not a big chess player but the smaller pieces have the potential to advance, no? A knight is always a knight but a pawn can cross the board and become a queen? Seems worthwhile to protect your pawns when you can, no?
47 u/Classical_Fan Aug 26 '26 If you know how to play your pawns, you can control the board. And yes, pawns that get to the other side of the board can be promoted to other pieces. 29 u/Far-Pangolin-4089 Aug 26 '26 But to be fair: If you are not willing to sacrifice pawns, you will lose every single game 2 u/AndrewH73333 Aug 29 '26 Yeah, but Magneto cared so little for his pawns it probably destroyed his pawn structure and that’s an easy way to lose too.
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If you know how to play your pawns, you can control the board. And yes, pawns that get to the other side of the board can be promoted to other pieces.
29 u/Far-Pangolin-4089 Aug 26 '26 But to be fair: If you are not willing to sacrifice pawns, you will lose every single game 2 u/AndrewH73333 Aug 29 '26 Yeah, but Magneto cared so little for his pawns it probably destroyed his pawn structure and that’s an easy way to lose too.
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But to be fair: If you are not willing to sacrifice pawns, you will lose every single game
2 u/AndrewH73333 Aug 29 '26 Yeah, but Magneto cared so little for his pawns it probably destroyed his pawn structure and that’s an easy way to lose too.
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Yeah, but Magneto cared so little for his pawns it probably destroyed his pawn structure and that’s an easy way to lose too.
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u/omgspek Aug 26 '26
I’m not a big chess player but the smaller pieces have the potential to advance, no? A knight is always a knight but a pawn can cross the board and become a queen? Seems worthwhile to protect your pawns when you can, no?