In the 1950s, there was a "revolution in endgames." In the past people had thought that when the game was winding down to the end, and the number of pieces was limited, then the pawns were of little or no value. But under the new thinking, the pawns became extremely useful pieces.
一九五○年代，有人來個「殘局大革命」，扭轉了過去認為棋下到尾聲，棋子所剩有限，小兵已無大用的局勢，讓小兵也能立大功。