Quality Chess, 2015. — 464 p. — ISBN13: 978-1784830007. Mauricio Flores Rios provides an in-depth study of the 28 most common structures in chess practice. In Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide you will find: * Carefully selected model games showing each structure’s main plans and ideas * Strategic patterns to observe and typical pitfalls to avoid * 50 positional exercises...
New In Chess, 2016. — 192 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-631-2. The Power of Pawns by Jorg Hickl Chess Structure Fundamentals for Post-Beginners If you want to improve at chess, you must know the characteristics of typical pawn formations. Understanding the pawn structure is a key tool when you are evaluating a position on the board. Experienced chess teacher Grandmaster Jörg Hickl...
Russell Enterprises, Inc., 2017. — 540 p. — ISBN: 978-1-941270-69-1. Doubled Pawns – Triumph or Trouble? There isn’t a chessplayer who hasn’t struggled with doubled pawns. Are they strong because they oversee and surveil important squares or reinforce defensive ramparts? Are they weak, prone to being collected by our opponent in the endgame – or sooner? The easy answer is that it...
Alkmaar: New in Chess, 2023. — 250 p. — ISBN: 978-9493257627. Have you ever wondered why strong chess players immediately grasp what is happening in complex positions? The secret is pawn structures. The pawn structure dictates the game's flow, and different structures require distinct approaches. You can improve your game by studying a large variety of pawn structures and the...
Thinkers Publishing, 20.07.2019. — 296 p. — ISBN13: 978-94-9251054-9. Using carefully selected examples, the authors want to make you familiar with the strategic ideas behind the famous Maroczy bind. These plans arising from both colors, are a must for your arsenal of chess knowledge and understanding. Aron Nimzowitsch wrote that studying the middlegame in chess means studying...
Quality Chess U.K., 2019. — 619 p. — ISBN: 978-178483-090-8. Guidelines every Chess player should know. Pawn play is a fundamental aspect of chess strategy, yet often neglected in chess literature. In this, his second book on pawn play, Super-GM Sam Shankland sheds light on the vital topic of Passed Pawns. Passed pawns – whether connected, lone or protected – are common...
Quality Chess U.K., 2018. — 336 p. — ISBN: 978-1-78483-051-9. In chess you cannot take your move back, but you can always return a misplaced piece to its former square at the cost of some time. Pawns on the other hand can never move backwards, making pawn moves truly permanent decisions. This irreversibility makes Pawn Play among the most difficult aspects of chess strategy, which...
New In Chess, 2009. — 286 p. — ISBN-13 978-90-5691-264-2. Ivan Sokolov, a famous grandmaster who has beaten world champions like Kasparov, Kramnik and Anand, has written a lucid guide on how to win chess middlegames, by addressing an almost universally ignored but extremely important topic: pawn structures. With very accessible verbal explanations this book helps you to solve...
Batsford, 2013. — 439 p. — ISBN: 978-1-84994-115-0. Pawns form the “playing fields” of chess, a semipermanent “structure” that can determine whether a player wins—or loses. This major update to the classic guide to pawn structure, written by international Grandmaster Andrew Soltis, teaches readers how to handle their pawns. He explains where best to place them, which pawns to...
New In Chess, 2023. — 261 p. — ISBN: 978-94-93257-85-6. Sergei Tiviakov was unbeaten for a consecutive 110 professional chess games as a grandmaster, a record that has only been broken by World Champion Magnus Carlsen. Who better to teach you rock-solid chess strategy than Tiviakov. He was born in Russia and trained in the famous Russian chess school. In his first book, he...
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