Answers.Body: <p>The pawn on <code>d3</code> is not backwards since (as you say) it is protected by another pawn.</p>
  
  <p>There must be something missing from Wikipedia's definition. Later on the article (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_pawn" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_pawn</a>) contradicts itself.</p>
  
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    <p>Also, the opponent can place a piece, usually a knight, on the hole in front of the pawn without any risk of a pawn driving it away.</p>
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  <p>In your example, if black puts a knight on <code>d4</code>, the pawn move <code>c3</code>will drive it away.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks, I had suspected this was true (that a backwards pawn also has to be unprotected itself) and felt there was something I was missing from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_pawn
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Answers.Text: Could someone make an edit to Wikipedia's entry? In versions in other languages it is mentioned that neighboring pawns are further advanced.
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Answers.Text: I quickly made an edit to add in the word "Unsupported"   a backward pawn is an unsupported pawn that is behind a pawn of the same color on an adjacent file and that cannot be advanced without loss of material, usually the backward pawn itself. But now i wonder if a backwards pawn must also have the ability to advance regardless of who controls its stop square.
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Body: <ol>
  <li>e4 e5 </li>
  <li>d3</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>At this point, if d3 advances, say at 3. d4 it does not control d4, it is controlled by a sentry (an enemy pawn controlling d4) and is adjacent and behind a same colored pawn at e4. </p>
  
  <p>Is the d3 pawn backwards? I was told no, because it is supported by c2, but Wikpedia's definition of a backwards pawn doesn't care about a backward's pawn's support, only the support it has moving forward.</p>
  
  <p>Thank you.</p>
  
Tags: <pawns>
Title: Is this an example of a backwards pawn?
ThreadText: # Is this an example of a backwards pawn?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2013-10-14)
  
  1. e4 e5
  2. d3
  
  At this point, if d3 advances, say at 3. d4 it does not control d4, it is controlled by a sentry (an enemy pawn controlling d4) and is adjacent and behind a same colored pawn at e4.
  
  Is the d3 pawn backwards? I was told no, because it is supported by c2, but Wikpedia's definition of a backwards pawn doesn't care about a backward's pawn's support, only the support it has moving forward.
  
  Thank you.
  
  **Tags:** pawns
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2013-10-14. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
  
  The pawn on `d3` is not backwards since (as you say) it is protected by another pawn.
  
  There must be something missing from Wikipedia's definition. Later on the article (<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_pawn>) contradicts itself.
  
  > Also, the opponent can place a piece, usually a knight, on the hole in front of the pawn without any risk of a pawn driving it away.
  
  In your example, if black puts a knight on `d4`, the pawn move `c3`will drive it away.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks, I had suspected this was true (that a backwards pawn also has to be unprotected itself) and felt there was something I was missing from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_pawn  
  > **username_1**: Could someone make an edit to Wikipedia's entry? In versions in other languages it is mentioned that neighboring pawns are further advanced.  
  > **username_0**: I quickly made an edit to add in the word "Unsupported"   a backward pawn is an unsupported pawn that is behind a pawn of the same color on an adjacent file and that cannot be advanced without loss of material, usually the backward pawn itself. But now i wonder if a backwards pawn must also have the ability to advance regardless of who controls its stop square.  
  
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