Jiganchine Roman. Pracatical Middlegames Isolated Queen Pawn: Strategy and Tactics

Independent, Dec 01, 2017. — 129 p. — ISBN13: 978-1520258829.Opening preparation in chess is always difficult and a lot of books have been written about this topic. The goal of this book is to illustrate how specific pawn structures should be studied for typical themes even if they arise from different openings. The pawn structure with (typically) White's isolated queen pawn on the 'd' file has been known for over a hundred years, and different players have shown best plans for both sides over the years. Historically, Mikhail Botvinnik popularized White's play, and positional players such as Karpov have performed well on the Black side of the same structure in several modern openings. At the same time, all strong modern grandmasters are well familiar with the principles of this pawn formation for both sides, and the goal of the book is to translate that knowledge on to the readers.The topics covered include:
Isolated Pawn from Various Openings
Direct Attack Against the King
Structural Transformations
White exchanges on d5
Black exchanges on c3
Black exchanges on e3
Black exchanges on e5
Black exchanges on c5
Plans for the side with the Isolated Queen Pawn
Pressure on d5 square
Advancing d4-d5
Advancing f4-f5
Pressure along 'c' file
Plans for the side playing against the Isolated Queen Pawn
Directly Attacking the isolated pawn in the middlegame
Isolated Pawn as a Weakness in the Endgame
f7-f5 as defensive idea
Exchanging Dark Squared bishops with Bg5
Transferring the knight to f4 combined with pressure along a8-h1 diagonal
Endgames with isolated pawns
Middlegame Combinations
Tactics from Blitz