Connected Pawns
Pawns of the same color positioned on adjacent files, able to support or be supported by each other.
Connected pawns are generally stronger than isolated ones because they can defend each other's advance and are harder for the opponent to attack outright.
Etymology
No etymology, coiner, or first citation for connected pawns was found in the sources fetched, so those fields are left unfilled. Wikipedia defines connected pawns as two or more pawns of the same color on adjacent files, as distinct from isolated pawns, and treats pawn chains and connected passed pawns as sub-cases. The same article supplies the boundary with the neighbouring term in this glossary, stating that two connected pawns on the same rank without any friendly pawns on adjacent files are called hanging pawns. Wikipedia's pawn-structure article uses the vocabulary throughout without any historical note. Unlike hanging pawns, this expression does not appear in Edward Winter's compilation of earliest occurrences of chess terms.
First documented: n.a. — n.a.
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