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Trapped pieces are the extreme examples of poor mobility. They are awkwardly placed and often endangered. A typical example of a trapped piece is a white Bishop on h7 blocked by the black pawns on f7 and g6. Most of the time it gets eventually captured, but it takes so much time that can be easily pushed over the horizon. Most of the time the best thing such a bishop can do is to sacrifice itself for a (second) pawn, so its value should be decreased by about 150.
See also
Forum Posts
- Potentially Trapped Pieces by John Merlino, CCC, June 24, 2009
External Links
- Trapped Piece compiled by patzer2, chessgames.com