Pawn Magic

The French composer and chess player François-André Danican Philidor (1726-1795) said that ‘Pawns are the soul of chess.’ Below, you see an apparently equal position that, with a bit of refined thinking, is won for White. Before you watch the video at the bottom of the page to see the solution, you should try to solve this puzzle yourself.

Yes, pawns can also be used in tactics!