In contrast to the ubiquity of pawn chains in western chess, soldiers typically do not support each other until the endgame, because from the initial position it takes a minimum of five moves of a soldier to allow mutual protection between two of them, and they are often prone to capture by other pieces.
in contrast to the ubiquity of pawn chains in western chess soldiers typically do not support each other until the endgame because from the initial position it takes a minimum of five moves of a soldier to allow mutual protection between two of them and they are often prone to capture by other pieces