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Isolated Pawn

A Pawn is called isolated if there are no Pawns of the same player on the adjoining files. In the game below both Black's pawns have been isolated during play.

            Black King   8
            Black Pawn g   7
            6
              5
        White Queen       4
  Black Queen         White Pawn g   3
Black Pawn a             White Pawn h 2
              White King 1
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