Friday, December 5, 2008

Pawn Structure


PAWN STRUCTURE CHESS RESOURCES

 General Info at Wikipedia 
on Pawn Structure and the 20 major pawn formations. 

1   Caro formation   2   Slav formation   3   Sicilian – Scheveningen
4   Sicilian – Dragon   5   Boleslavsky hole   6   Maróczy Bind  7  Hedgehog 
8   Rauzer formation   9 Boleslavsky Wall   10    d5 chain   11   e5 chain
12 Modern Benoni formation   13   Giuoco Piano – Isolani formation
14 Queen's Gambit – Isolani formation   15   Hanging pawns
16 Carlsbad formation   17 Panov formation   18   Stonewall formation
19  Botvinnik system   20   Closed Sicilian formation


BOOKS (Free)

Chess Structures a Grandmasters Guide - 464 page PDF
Typical positions with the Karlsbad Pawn Structure. - 17 Page PDF
Chess blueprints : planning in the middlegame by Yakovlev, Nikolay - 282 Page PDF
Improve your chess now by Tisdall, Jon - 226 page PDF
What it takes to become a chess master by Soltis, Andy - 209 Page PDF


Pawn Center Types - 6 Page PDF

Pawn Structure Chess Articles

Chess Pawn Moves and Structures - Chessable Blog Guide  (Real Nice)


The Complete Guide To Pawn Structures 
- Chess Simplified Guide
 (Pages and Pages on all the Different Types of pawn Structures)
Probably the best place to start online.

(Claims to be the Complete Guide to the 17 Pawn Structures in Chess)

General Info at Wikibooks on The different Pawn Types, Doubled, Hanging, Passed etc.

Introduction To Chess: Pawns - Article on pawn types and structures-
The Isolani Lecture - FM Steve Stoyko 
Carlsbad Pawn Structure - Rather Nice Chess.com Article
 
FM David Levin 

Pawn Structure LiChess Studies

Pawn Structure -  22 Chapter Study covering 22 Pawn structures
Pawn Structure  - 63 Chapter Study (Talking about a lot of Different Pawn Formations)
Common Chess Structures - Plans/ Ideas - 8 Chapter Study  (400 Hearts)


Intermediate: (Soltis) Pawn Structures  - 18 Chapter Study  (130 hearts)
(Each of the Chapters in this Study has a link at the End to another Study with 4-5 Annotated games on that type of Pawn Structure or Ideas in that Chapter) 

Isolated Queen Pawn: Middlegame - 7 Chapter Study


Pawn Structure London System  -  8 Chapter Study  (100 hearts)


 Pawn Structure Video Lessons


General Understanding Pawn Structures

Easy Structure - 7 Video playlist  - GM Sune Berg  ( 2 hr ) e vs c Pawn Structure Series
Pawn Structure Chess.com - 22 Video Playlist -  Short Lessons on the Different Structures

IM Andrew Martin, Pawn Structure: How and Why it Matters - 2 Hr -  New

Chess Fundamentals #4: Pawn Play -  85 min John Bartholomew
How To Use Pawns In Chess -35 min GothamChess
Pawn Structures I - 45 Min 

1 -2 - Caro / Slav  Pawn Structure Lessons

Caro Pawn structure - Lasker v Capablanca - 15 Min
Planning in the French and Caro-Kann Structures | Road to 2000 - 55 Min
Caro Kann Pawn Structure Ideas - In 12 Minutes - 12 min
Understanding the structure from the Caro-Kann Defense and the Scandinavian Opening - 12 Min GM Hansen
Chess Pawn Structure : Pawn structures in depth - The Caro Formation - 9 Min - Kingscrusher

Chess.com Caro - Slav Pawn Structure Series -  Intro #1 , Video 2Video 3,  Video 4 , Video 5 , Video 6 ,Final Video

3 - Sicilian – Scheveningen

Chess Pawn structures in depth: The Scheveningen Structure - 6 Min
Pawn Structure 101 Scheveningen 6 e4 Central Pressure  - 34 Min IM Rensch
Pawn Structure 101 Scheveningen 8 Tactical Finale Chess - 29 Min IM Rensch
Pawn Structure 101 Scheveningen 7 White s Slow Play Chess - 32 Min IM Rensch
Pawn Structure 101 Scheveningen 8 Tactical Finale Chess - 29 Min IM Rensch


4 - Sicilian – Dragon 

Chess Pawn structures in depth: The Dragon Formation - 5 Min
#1 Guide To Sicilian Dragon Pawn Structures - 17 Min
Sicilian Dragon Variation Plans and Pawn Structure, Yugoslav Attack  - 17 Min
Sicilian Pawn Structures with IM Mat Kolosowski - 62 Min



6 - Maróczy Bind 

GM Neiksans Boot Camp #5 - Maroczy Bind - 3 hr
Pawn Structure #1: Maróczy Bind | Strategy Session with Jonathan Schrantz - 48 Min
Maroczy Bind Pawn Structure in Chess (Middlegames) - 18 Min
The Maroczy Bind from "Pawn Structure Chess" by Soltis [advanced chess lesson] - 68 Min
Maroczy Bind Secrets with GM Liem Le Quang FIDE 2720 - 57 Min
How To Play the Maroczy Bind | Dojo Lessons feat KirkD (1700) - 17 Min IM 
 Recognition of pawn structures- Maroczy bind-The Maroczy Hop - 20 min
 Recognition of pawn structures- Maroczy bind- Nc2 idea by white - 12 Min
 Recognition of pawn structures- Maroczy bind-c5-e5 break through - 11 Min
Destroy The Maroczy Bind with Black! - GM Dzindzichashvili - 30 Min
Live Stream: Dealing with the Maroczy Bind in the Dragon - GM Ron Henley - 48 Min
Top Ten Middlegame Ideas #6: Maroczy Bind - Introduction - 24 Min
Learn to Develop a Long-Term Chess Strategy With the Maroczy Bind - GM Damian Lemos - 25 Min
Chess Gym : Maroczy Bind - 36 Min 
Crushing the Sicilian 💪 with the Maroczy Bind - IM Valeri Lilov - 31 Min


7 - Hedgehog Pawn Structure

Hedgehog Pawn Structure In Chess (Middlegames) - 15 Min
Exploring the Hedgehog - GM Yasser Seirawan - 41 Min
Poke Holes in the Hedgehog! | Secret Life of Pawns - GM Mauricio Flores - 51 Min
Introduction to the Hedgehog - 2hr IM John Batholomew

Why the Knight Goes to d7 in the Hedgehog | Dojo Lessons - 15 Min IM Kavutskiy
The Hedgehog - GM Ben Finegold - 49 Min
GM Neiksans Boot Camp #38: The Hedgehog - 2 Hrs


9 - Boleslavsky Wall

Chess middlegame planning - Boleslavsky wall for black - d5 pawn breakthrough - 10 Min
Chess middlegame planning - Boleslavsky wall for black - 10 Min
Chess middlegame planning -Boleslavsky wall - Minority attack - 11 Min
Chess middlegame planning - Boleslavsky wall - Exploiting weaknesses - 11 Min
Chess middlegame planning - Boleslavsky wall - Kingside attack - 11 Min


10  -  d5 chain 

Chess Strategy: Chess Pawn structure series: The d5 vs. e5 pawn chains - 17 Min
Understanding Pawn Chains ♙♙ IM Valeri Lilov - 21 Min


11   e5 chain


13 -14 - Isolated Queen Pawn Formations

Bishops Bounty Isolated Queen Pawn Structure Page - Articles, Lichess Studies, Games Databases and Video lessons


15 Hanging Pawns

Introduction to Hanging Pawns | Pawn Structures | IM Alex Astaneh - 7 Min
Winning with Hanging Pawns | Pawn Structures | IM Alex Astaneh - 20 Min
How to play against Hanging Pawns | Pawn Structures  | IM Alex Astaneh - 29 Min
How to play with Hanging Pawns| Advanced | GM Alex Lenderman - 16 Min
How to play against Hanging Pawns | Part 1 | Advanced Level | GM Alex Lenderman - 18 Min
How to play against Hanging Pawns | Part 2  | Advanced Level | GM Alex Lenderman - 16 Min
Hanging Pawns | Chess Middlegames - 35 Min


16 - Carlsbad Pawn Structure Lessons

Carlsbad Pawn Structure and Minority Attack - 24 Video Playlist  - Assorted Video's From YouTube
Carlsbad Structure17 Video Playlist   - FULL PLAYLIST (Videos Below Are in it)
Advanced - 6.Unit: Carlsbad Structure - 6 Video Playlist - GM Alex Lenderman
GM Neiksans Boot Camp #32 - Carlsbad Structure - 2 hr
Master the Carlsbad Pawn Structure - The Full Course with GM Sune Berg Hansen 3 hr 

Bishops Bounty Carlsbad Page  -   Post of Articles, Games, Lichess Studies and Video Lessons  (Most of the best Video Lessons I left above)

17 - Panov Formation


18 - Stonewall Formation

Bishops Bounty Stonewall Pawn Structure Page - Articles Games, LiChess Studies and Video lessons


19 - Botvinnik system 

The Botvinnik Formation | Chess Quick Study | #1 - 6 Min



20 -Closed Sicilian formation

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