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In the terminology used by Hans Kmoch 1, a Sentry is a pawn controlling the square lying on the path or front span of an opponent's pawn, thereby preventing it from becoming a passed pawn 2.
See also
External Links
- Sentry Chess - the pawn can sometimes capture northward
- sentry - Wiktionary
- Sentry from Wikipedia
- Sentry (comics) from Wikipedia
- Sentry (Robert Reynolds) from Wikipedia
References
Hans Kmoch (1959, 1990). Pawn Power in Chess. New York: Dover, 1990. Previous ed.: New York: McKay, 1959. ISBN 0-486-26486-6↩︎
Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch - Glossary of Terms - Chess Forums - Chess.com↩︎