Pawn Value Practice:

Pawns, having a value of 1 can do considerable damage if they can capture a piece larger than themselves. In the following diagrams pawns have the choice of capturing several pieces. Find the pawn capture that gets the most value.

 

XABCDEFGHY
8-+-+-+-+(
7+-+-mk-+-'
6-+-zp-+-zp&
5+-sN-+-zp-%
4-+-+-zP-+$
3+-+K+-zP-#
2-+-+-+-+"
1+-+-+-+-!
xabcdefghy
Black to move…_______

 

For example in the above diagram black has two choices. Take the pawn on f4 or take the Knight on c5. Naturally the Knight is worth 3 times the value of the pawn and so the correct answer is take the Knight on c5.

 

Find the best pawn capture in the following exercises. Draw a line to show your move or if you know how, write the answer in chess notation.

XABCDEFGHY
8rsnlwqk+-tr(
7+-+-vlpzpp'
6p+-+psn-+&
5+p+-zP-vL-%
4P+-sN-+-+$
3+-sN-+-+-#
2-zPP+-+PzP"
1tR-+QmKL+R!
xabcdefghy
White to move…_______

 

XABCDEFGHY
8-+-+-trk+(
7zpp+lzpp+p'
6-+nzp-+p+&
5+-vL-zP-+-%
4-+-+-+-+$
3+-zPN+P+-#
2P+P+L+PzP"
1+-+-+RmK-!
xabcdefghy
Black to move…_______

 

XABCDEFGHY
8-+-+r+k+(
7+-zp-+p+p'
6p+p+l+r+&
5+-+-+P+-%
4-+-+-+-+$
3+P+-+-sN-#
2P+P+-+-zP"
1+-+R+RmK-!
xabcdefghy
White to move…_______

 

XABCDEFGHY
8-+-trk+-tr(
7+-+q+p+p'
6-+P+-+p+&
5+-+P+-vL-%
4-+-+-wQ-+$
3+-+-+Psn-#
2-+-+P+PzP"
1+-+-+RmK-!
xabcdefghy
White to move…_______

 

XABCDEFGHY
8-+ltr-trk+(
7+p+-+p+p'
6-zPPwqnwQpvL&
5+-+P+-+-%
4-+-+-+P+$
3+-+-+-+P#
2-+-+PtR-+"
1+-+-+RmK-!
xabcdefghy
White to move…_______

 

XABCDEFGHY
8-+-+-+-+(
7tr-+p+kzpR'
6-zP-+-vl-+&
5+-+-zp-+-%
4-+PsN-+-+$
3+-mKP+-+-#
2-+-+-+-+"
1+-+-+-+-!
xabcdefghy
Black to move…_______