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Pawn Structure Chess Andrew Soltis
Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games

As a purely amateur chess player, I am only recently learning about 'pawn structures' for example. Black will use the half-open files a and b to create threats on white's a and b pawns. Section I: Piece Power, Current and Potential. General Info at Wikipedia on Pawn Structure and the 16 major pawn formations. This position is commonly seen in the mainline of Benko Gambit. Although worth the least amount of points, the pawns are extremely important in many different aspects of chess. Placement of pieces, pawn structures, etc.) are of paramount importance. Beyond this, as I learn more about chess, I am hoping deeper structures within the game become productive spatially. Keep in mind that this section is to be used only as a guide, and further study is encouraged. This is the usual pawn structure in the Benko Gambit. (bishop pair, flexible pawn formation) For example the pawn structure gets blocked and the knights increase in strength. General Info at Wikibooks on The different Pawn Types, Doubled, Hanging, Passed etc. But until very recently, humans have been able to outplay computers very badly in positions where positional considerations (i.e. Or the position opens up and the bishops become stronger than the knights. Each pawn move weakens some squares, strengthens some squares, vacates as square and occupies a square. A good chess player must make his decisions based on the pawn structure or the future pawn structure. Simple chess endings to more complex examples, then middlegame strategy (pawn structure, weak squares, etc.) and tactics (chess combinations, Kingside attacks, etc.).