During a chess game we may find ourselves in a situation where we have a single isolated pawn that has no support from our other pawns. We need to learn how to best utilize this pawn so that we can improve our game. There are two types of lone pawns, the first is able to move and attack, the second is a lone pawn that is stuck and/or blocked.
The lone pawn that is able to advance is the one that we are the most concerned with for now. This lone pawn may appear to be of little use to us until we reevaluate that lone pawns benefit to us. We can use this lone pawn to help damage our opponents castled position. A moveable lone pawn can also be used to help advance a knight advance if the knight follows the path that the pawn opens up for the knight.
Particular attention should be paid to a lone pawn that is towards the center of the board. If you are able to carry out an attack in the center of the board with a loan pawn you will have a much better chance of winning the game. If your opponent has a lone pawn towards the center of the board it is in your best interest to block that pawns movement so that it does not become a threat to you. Towards the end game the lone pawn becomes rather useless, as long as it is blocked, since it is unable to move. On the other hand a lone pawn in the end game that is able to move is always a threat to make the back rank and to be promoted to a queen. Play your pawns wisely in all your games.