Key Concepts of Chess - Pawn Structures Vol.1, Herman Grooten (English)
In this series it’s all about strategy for club players, explained in a simple way with clear examples! The idea is to focus on certain themes using specific pawn structures. The central question is: how can the pieces be manoeuvred into good positions and what should we then consider? IM Herman Grooten will offer rules-of-thumb and concepts to give clubchess players the necessary guidance to try and find the right paths in their own games. More
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CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Fundamentals Part 1
- Definitions 1
- Definitions 2
- To create doubled pawns: Spiesberger-Galdunts
- To create doubled pawns: Van Wely-Short
- To get rid of doubled pawns: Constructed Position
- To win with tripled pawns: Lysyj-Ernst
- To play against a backward pawn: Estrin
- To deal with tension between two pawns: Gerlagh-Mollema
- Tension: Hibma-Breuker
- Tension: Fischer-Taimanov
- Typical structures: Suba-Zadrima
- Fundamentals Part 2
- Capture towards the center: Babula-Rustemov
- Capture off the center: Carlsen-Naiditsch
- Capture off the center Topalov-Van Wely
- Capture off the center: Gershon-Shinkevich
- Capture off the center: Atalik-Metin
- Capture off the center: Lanchava-Schuurman
- Release the tension: Sokolov-Marcelin
- The pawn chain, attacking the base: Moskalenko-Fedorchuk
- The Isolated Queen's Pawn - attacking plan: Roiz-Beccaris
- The Passed Pawn: Van der Wiel-Haver
- Exercises
- Exercise 1
- Exercise 2
- Exercise 3
- Exercise 4
- Exercise 5
- Exercise 6
- Exercise 7
- Exercise 8
- Open and Half-Open File Part 1
- Backward pawn: Gheorghiu-Shapiro
- Minority-attack: Van den Berg-Kramer
- Manoeuvres in front of the pawns: Gashimov-Ivanchuk
- Open file and seventh rank: Zivanic-Kovacevic
- Open up files with the king in the center 1: A.Haast-Coenen
- Open up files with the king in the center 2: Avrukh-Schripkenko
- Which is the right file? 1: Leniart-Kriebel
- Which is the right file? 2: Berg-Bareev
- Open and Half-Open File Part 2
- Eliminating defender 1: Suba-Spraggett
- Eliminating defender 2: NN-NN
- Eliminating defender 3: Anastasian-Chatalbashev
- Entering the seventh rank 1: Kveinys-Comp
- Entering the seventh rank 2: Leko-Mamedyarov
- Demolishing the seventh rank: Fleming-Knopf
- Queen entering on the right way: Grandelius-Sokolov
- The back rank 1: NN
- The back rank 2: Lautier-Onischuk
- The sixth rank: Kasparov-Gavrikov
- Exercises
- Description
- Exercise 1
- Exercise 2
- Exercise 3
- Exercise 4
- Exercise 5
- Exercise 6
- Exercise 7
- Exercise 8
- The Pawn Chain
- Instructive Example
- Attacking the chain with White
- Attacking the chain with Black
- Demolish the structure 1: Moskalenko-Fedorchuk
- Demolish the structure 2: Forgacs-Tartakower
- Demolish the structure 3: Hess-P.Gerlagh
- Making use of a space advantage: Ostovic-Rogul
- Standard Sacrifice 1: P.Kuipers-P.Gerlagh
- Standard Sacrifice 2: Kosten-Adrian
- King’s Indian Defense Overview
- Model Game for White: Korchnoi-Van Wely
- Model Game for Black: Tratat-Ye Jiangchuan
- Exercises
- Exercise 1
- Exercise 2
- Exercise 3
- Exercise 4
- Exercise 5
- Exercise 6
- Exercise 7
- Exercise 8
PROPERTIES
| Language: | English |
| Level: | advanced, tournament player, professional |
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Minimum: | Computer: Dual Core |
Recommended: | Processor: PC Intel i5 (Quadcore) |
ChessBase Account: | Internet access and modern web browser, e.g. Chrome, Edge, Safari. |
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Level | Advanced, Tournament player, Professional |
| Year | 2022 |
| Streaming | Yes |
| Author | Grooten, Herman |
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Level | Advanced, Tournament player, Professional |
| Year | 2022 |
| Streaming | Yes |
| Author | Grooten, Herman |
