What is the meaning of "push pawn?" When do I push a pawn and how do I do it? This term is not listed in "The Oxford Companion to Chess," Second edition (1992).
Pushing pawns is actually moving the pawns. If you need a more specific answer, you might post the context where you're seeing it so clarification can be provided
The only specific instance I can recall is a comment while a game was being played, maybe 30 years ago. The player announced "push pawn" as if it were in the same category as "check." So it's as simple as moving the pawn? Except I would guess it doesn't apply to capture or promotion.
So, for example, d2-d3 is NOT pushing the pawn?
I just came across a use of this expression.
"[B]lack's puny pawn pushes on the edge of the board have little value." "Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters, volume 1, Fundamentals of the Game," 1997 Lev Alburt and Larry Parr, page 146.
What is the meaning of "push pawn?" When do I push a pawn and how do I do it? This term is not listed in "The Oxford Companion to Chess," Second edition (1992).