Imagining the board without the pawns

I am doing puzzles from games of players rated sometimes kinda 2300 vs 2400 and find hard to discover the solution. When I see the solution, I wonder how I will ever be able to find the solution, and, of course, I am trying to improve in that matter.

So, I have just noticed that removing the pawns from the board in my mind, when searching the solution, might be of some help. It is possible, but not sure, that I saw a reference to this principle in a youtube video; maybe from Chess Vibes.

Should I go further with this idea or I'd better forget about it.

I don't quite see how it would help, because pawns play an important role. They block some pieces, control the squares an so on. But if it works for you, it works for you.

How does the help to find even a back-rank mate?

Btw, pawns are the soul of chess.

I meant, temporarily, when doing puzzles to help finding tactics

@gilligan841 said in #4:
> I meant, temporarily, when doing puzzles to help finding tactics

Fine if it's temporary. Put the pawns back into your mind, though, if it doesn't help, because usually the pawns play a key role in the tactics.