chess question

[R Gibert]

The f-pawn "seems" to be the only pawn whose removal is not compensated by some speed up in development. I say "seems," because after K-side castling, the rook would find itself on the open f-file. This means the loss of any 1 pawn has some development compensation associated with it.

Still the f-pawn would be my choice. My experience as a chess master tells me it should be the most damaging choice, but don't ask me to prove it. The f-pawn has its defensive uses for the King which is quite important, but it possible some other pawn is a better choice for some really subtle reason. I can't rule that out.