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Suggest this article is merged to List of chess terms. SunCreator ( talk) 19:02, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Outposts don't have to be on open files. A good outpost would typically be in front of an isolated pawn, which is not exactly an open file. Or, in some of the variations of the Dutch Defence for Black, on e4, which is not on an open file at all... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.141.253.84 ( talk) 19:14, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
I removed the phrase about the open file and included an example of an outpost which is actually on a completely closed file.-- 148.168.40.4 ( talk) 15:54, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
The article said that an outpost was on the fifth, sixth, or seventh rank. That was changed to "fourth, fifth, or sixth". The source is The Oxford Companion to Chess which says "a square on the fifth, sixth, or seventh rank that is guarded by a pawn but cannot be attacked by an enemy pawn, especially such a square on an open file". Granted, a pawn can never attack a square on the opponent's seventh rank, but a piece on that rank can be supported by one of its own pawns. Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess says "a piece on an open or half-open file on the opponent's side of the board, and protected by a pawn." An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess by Brace says the same as Golombek. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 02:21, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
But we do need a better diagram - one past the fourth rank. The current diagram fails in that regard, plus there is no source saying that it is an outpost. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 04:04, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
"... one of our own pieces, (usually a knight), which is placed, being protected (by a pawn of course) on an open file within enemy territory." Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 02:17, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
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Suggest this article is merged to List of chess terms. SunCreator ( talk) 19:02, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Outposts don't have to be on open files. A good outpost would typically be in front of an isolated pawn, which is not exactly an open file. Or, in some of the variations of the Dutch Defence for Black, on e4, which is not on an open file at all... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.141.253.84 ( talk) 19:14, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
I removed the phrase about the open file and included an example of an outpost which is actually on a completely closed file.-- 148.168.40.4 ( talk) 15:54, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
The article said that an outpost was on the fifth, sixth, or seventh rank. That was changed to "fourth, fifth, or sixth". The source is The Oxford Companion to Chess which says "a square on the fifth, sixth, or seventh rank that is guarded by a pawn but cannot be attacked by an enemy pawn, especially such a square on an open file". Granted, a pawn can never attack a square on the opponent's seventh rank, but a piece on that rank can be supported by one of its own pawns. Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess says "a piece on an open or half-open file on the opponent's side of the board, and protected by a pawn." An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess by Brace says the same as Golombek. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 02:21, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
But we do need a better diagram - one past the fourth rank. The current diagram fails in that regard, plus there is no source saying that it is an outpost. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 04:04, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
"... one of our own pieces, (usually a knight), which is placed, being protected (by a pawn of course) on an open file within enemy territory." Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 02:17, 4 December 2013 (UTC)