This page is an extension of 56 Tactical Patterns That All Chess Players Should Know.
When we think about tactics, we tend to focus on the pieces and may overlook the tactical potential of pawns. The following examples show how pawns can perform simple but effective tactics, such as forks and cutting off pieces.
Here are three examples of Pawn Tricks.
Example #1
1… Qxc4 2. Rxc4 b5 Using attraction to setup a pawn fork.
Example #2
1. b3 A fairly common trick, trapping a greedy bishop.
Example #3
1. f7 followed soon by Rh1#