Pawn Structure Chess (Batsford Chess)

Every chess player needs to know how to handle his pawns. Pawns form the 'playing fields' of chess games, a semi-permanent 'structure' that can determine whether a player wins or loses. This comprehensive guide to pawn structure teaches the reader where pieces are best placed, which pawns should be advanced further or exchanged, and why certain structures are good and others disastrous. This invaluable book is a major update of this chess-world classic, first published in 1975 and unavailable for several years. Title Page Copyright Contents Introduction Chapter One: The Caro-Slav Family Chapter Two: The Slav Formation Chapter Three: The Open Sicilian/English Chapter Four: Chain Reactions Chapter Five: The e5 Chain Chapter Six: The King’s Indian Complex Chapter Seven: The Queen’s Gambit Family Chapter Eight: The Panov Formation Chapter Nine: Stonewalls And Other Prisons Chapter Ten: The Nimzo-Gruenfeld Formation Chapter Eleven: The Lopez Formation Chapter Twelve: The Closed Sicilian/English

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 advance or exchange, and why certain structures are good and others disastrous. Pawn Structure Chess is a must-have for everyone who plays. 

Every chess player needs to know how to handle pawns. Pawns form the playing fields of chess games, a semi-permanent structure that can determine whether a player wins or loses. This wide-ranging guide to pawn structure teaches you where pieces are best placed, which pawns should be advanced further or exchanged, and why certain structures are good and others disastrous.--Publisher's description. A comprehensive guide to handling some of the most important pieces on the chessboard - pawns. Packed with tips, tricks and examples showing how the skilful deployment of pawns can help you win the game Fully updated version of a classic chess text by one of our best-loved chess authors A guide to making the best use of pawns when playing chess.