Key Concepts of Chess - Pawn Structures Vol.1 and 2, Herman Grooten (English)

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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
• Introduction
• The Isolated Queen's Pawn Part 1
• Introduction, pro’s and con’s
• The Nxf7-sacrifice
• The pawn break d4-d5
• The pin over the d-file
• The Nxf7-sacrifice 1: Khenkin-Bertran
• The Nxf7-sacrifice 2: Iturrizaga-Papin
• The Nxf7-sacrifice 3: Botvinnik-Batuyev
• The Nxf7-sacrifice 4: Janev-Ilchev
• The Nxf7-sacrifice 5: Botvinnik-Vidmar
• The Isolated Queen's Pawn Part 2
• The rook lift and rook switch 1: Timofeev-Svidler
• The rook lift and rook switch 2: Buhmann-Wichmann
• The rook lift and rook switch 3: Onischuk-Vescovi
• The pawn break d4-d5 1: Ligterink-Donner
• The pawn break d4-d5 2: Portisch-Bilet
• The pawn break d4-d5 3: Sokolov-Fischer
• The pawn break d4-d5 4: Rodshtein-Diamant
• Transition to ‘hanging pawns’: Donaldson-Kudrin
• Exploiting weaknesses 1: Bojkov-Dreev
• Exploiting weaknesses 2: Arngrimmson-Damljanovic
• Exercises
• Description
• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2
• Exercise 3
• Exercise 4
• Exercise 5
• Exercise 6
• Exercise 7
• Exercise 8
• Passed Pawn Part 1
• To create a passed pawn 1: Razuvayev-Honfi
• To create a passed pawn 2: Nielsen-NN
• Pawn break: Thipsay-Peng
• Push pawn!: A.Haast-M.Bensdorp
• Piece positioning in relation to a passed pawn 1: Hughes-Chirila
• Piece positioning in relation to a passed pawn 2: Reinderman-Bosboom
• Piece positioning in relation to a passed pawn 3: Holt-Shetty
• To lure or chase away a defender: Cano Sanchez-Carrasco
• Interference: Morozevich-Adams
• Pin: Mentasi
• To block a square 1: Troitzky
• To block a square 2: Wall-Schuurman
• Double Attack: Engels-Maroczy
• Passed Pawn Part 2
• To exploit a passed pawn: Halkias-Asrian
• To create a second passed pawn 1
• To create a second passed pawn 2: Nunn
• To create a second passed pawn 3: Schuurman-Gara
• To defend against a passed pawn 1: Zenyuk-Abrahamyan
• To defend against a passed pawn 2: Van den Ende
• To defend against a passed pawn 3: Zheltukhov
• To defend against a passed pawn 4: Kasparov-Timman
• To exploit weaknesses and make use of the passed pawn 1: Grooten-Douven
• To exploit weaknesses and make use of the passed pawn 2: Petrosian-Korchnoi
• Exercises
• Description
• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2
• Exercise 3
• Exercise 4
• Exercise 5
• Exercise 6
• Exercise 7
• Exercise 8

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