chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

236 OI PASSF,D PAWN
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Rxa3 Nd6 15 Relt5 36Raal Nc4+ 37Bxc4rt.4 13
Qbl Od7 39 Ra2 Re.s t0 Nr.4 dxc4 4l d5 Bxdl 42
Rd1.3 43Rc2 Qhl 14RC1QC4 45Kg2OB+ 46Kh2
Qxcl 1715Qc5 4ltRfl b4 4916b:l 50RcDc2 5lQd
c3 5217+ Kf3 5:l Rr5 bz 5,1Oxb2cl=Q 55 QxeT+
IGgT 56 Rg5+ white res'8ns.
OUTSIDE PASSED PAWN, or renote passed
pawn, a passed pawn, usuallyon thenank. tnatisat
a dinance lron tne rcmaifline pawns. It may be
weak because it is hard to delend or srong because
it can be pronored or used as ade@y (Sec gamcs
nnder nAR.zA ,.d sar.uRoDr.l
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White ains this position by advancing hn ouNide
passd pawn, dccoyinC Black s king aftershich his
own kiog gobbles up ihe black pawns
O\BRDROOK PRESS, scc wrnrr. A...
A nosilion lrom the znd 6atch gahe bctwec.
xARtuv (White) and KoRcnNor, World Championship
1981. Black\ queen, defending borh his
knight at c6 and his pawn at a7, is overloaded.
white won by 35 R!a7.
O\aERPROTECTION, a tern ced by N'M71|
wrsc, to descibe a long esrablishcd general
priflcipler a player conlrolling thc cent.e or sone
orher strategicaily inportant poinl should stteng_
rhen ,nd consolidatc thh control.
O\aER-TqE.BOARD, a descnPtion ol a game in
*hich thc conlestants neel .cross rh. board as
distlnct Lom.oMEspoNDEN.rcHEssi lorexanple.
owEN,.!OHN 0827-1901), Enslish player- vicar
otHooton. Cheshi.e,lron 1862 to 1900. In 1858,
plaring under the Pseudonym ltcr'. he losl
(=2 5) a nalcb againsr MoRpHy, \!bo conceded
pa*nandoovc. (HoEERattnbuGd this poor rcsuh
to Osens just havins iaried.) Subsequently
Oscn played beuer. !|e drcw a match with
kolrscH in 1860 (+.1 4) and at tbe London
loumanenr of l862look third prne alter ANDETS-
- sEN (whom he deleared).nd L. PAU,rrN aneadof
DUBOIS. G, A, MACDONNELL, STEI{ITZ, AOd BUC(
trlaNE. Froh 1857 to 1898 Owen played in nore
rh.n , dozen tournamenls. aI of tbem i. Grcat
Brirain. He liked close openings and often played
the oUEEN's FhNctsEno DtrFENcLj sometines
naned afler him, and the L^ksE\ oPENING.
ovERLoAD, ro burden (apiecc orpawn)withtoo
many dcfcnsivc tasks. A player who is deiending
commonly has to give gound because he bas an
overloaded piece. (See FocAr pcy lor an e{amplc
ot overloadina in a prohlcm.)
OWEN DEFENCD. 228. rhc o
DEEN.E, which John ovlN played trequently in
lhe 191h century. He olten defended any opening
novc by l. . b6 or 1 . , 96. and as often began
the same by 1 b3 or I g3.