Corruption of Blood

Article III, Section 3 of the United States Constitution

Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the life of the Person attained.


Backward Pawns plague us all. The questions are: When are they considered backward? and What in the hell do you do with them once they have become Copperheads?

The book Pawn Power (I'm sure most of you are familiar with it. It is stuffed with content but reads like stereo instructions) puts it this way:

"A half-free pawn, placed on the second or third rank, whose stopsquare lacks pawn protection but is controlled by a sentry, is called a backward pawn or, as we alternately speak of it, a straggler."

Backward pawns aren't a problem I run into regularly. I know little about them other than through frustrating experiences OTB. It will take more research to get a solid knowledge of how they effect the game but this has been sitting in the folder as a draft for so long I just had to get it out.