Types of Doubled Pawns
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | ||
| 8 | 8 | ||||||||
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h |
There are different types of doubled pawns, see the diagram. A doubled pawn is weak because of four considerations:
- lack of mobility
- inability to act as a normal pawn
- likelihood that it can not be exchanged for an opposing normal pawn
- vulnerability to attack, as the front pawn cannot be defended from behind by a rook
The doubled pawns on the b-file are the best situation, the f-file pawns are next. The h-file pawns are the worst situation because two pawns are held back by one opposing pawn, so the second pawn has little value (Berliner 1999:18–20). See Chess piece relative value for more discussion.
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