Well, your tactics rating is less than half that of the original poster (I think he's better qualified to choose something from Amazon).
sftac
Out of print Winning Pawn Structures book
Sort:
@ sftac gee thanks for your 2 cents. Love your online chess rating too. It must mean you can contribute nothing to help but just peck on others.
Just trying to help another player, and you?
This is a shared account. I actually want the book for my sons who are rated 2100+ and 1800+ USCF. The Baburin book was recommended by their chess coach.
"shared" account? whoa!
sftac
Peck peck.
What in the world is in THIS book that you can't puzzle together from a couple of other pawn structure books?
Pawn Power in Chess - Hans Kmoch (classic)
Pawn Structure Chess - Soltis
wombadom wrote:
What in the world is in THIS book that you can't puzzle together from a couple of other pawn structure books?
I really don't know. It was recommended by a grandmaster who is teaching my kids.
wombadom wrote:
What in the world is in THIS book that you can't puzzle together from a couple of other pawn structure books?
I can answer this question. This thread is so old that it's possible nobody still cares about it, but here goes anyway.
I studied IQP positions from "Pawn Structure Chess" by Soltis, "Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide" by Flores, "Complete Chess Strategy" by Pachman, "Understanding Pawn Play in Chess" by Marović, and several lesser sources. I put together a file detailing the plans and techniques for both sides, and thought the result was very good.
Then I got a copy of Baburin. On the plus side, I found that my file actually was quite accurate. But it quickly became apparent that the other sources were superficial by comparison. It's almost unbelievable how many important insights Baburin gives that are not contained in the other sources. If you want to understand how to play IQP positions, this book is indispensable.
OldPatzerMike wrote:
wombadom wrote:
What in the world is in THIS book that you can't puzzle together from a couple of other pawn structure books?
I can answer this question. This thread is so old that it's possible nobody still cares about it, but here goes anyway.
I studied IQP positions from "Pawn Structure Chess" by Soltis, "Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide" by Flores, "Complete Chess Strategy" by Pachman, "Understanding Pawn Play in Chess" by Marović, and several lesser sources. I put together a file detailing the plans and techniques for both sides, and thought the result was very good.
Then I got a copy of Baburin. On the plus side, I found that my file actually was quite accurate. But it quickly became apparent that the other sources were superficial by comparison. It's almost unbelievable how many important insights Baburin gives that are not contained in the other sources. If you want to understand how to play IQP positions, this book is indispensable.
Thanks for the info. It might be available with a subscription to Scribd.
GWTR wrote:
Thanks for the info. It might be available with a subscription to Scribd.
It is available on scribd.
Okay. I get it. I've had a couple of books that really brought it all together for me like that.Those books are jewels.
OldPatzerMike wrote:
wombadom wrote:
What in the world is in THIS book that you can't puzzle together from a couple of other pawn structure books?
I can answer this question. This thread is so old that it's possible nobody still cares about it, but here goes anyway.
I studied IQP positions from "Pawn Structure Chess" by Soltis, "Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide" by Flores, "Complete Chess Strategy" by Pachman, "Understanding Pawn Play in Chess" by Marović, and several lesser sources. I put together a file detailing the plans and techniques for both sides, and thought the result was very good.
Then I got a copy of Baburin. On the plus side, I found that my file actually was quite accurate. But it quickly became apparent that the other sources were superficial by comparison. It's almost unbelievable how many important insights Baburin gives that are not contained in the other sources. If you want to understand how to play IQP positions, this book is indispensable.
Totally agree! The others are good, but Baburin set to work exclusively on the IQP structure, and shared many insights not in the others. I too learned a lot from this book.
Understanding Pawn Play in Chess by Drazen Marovic
Amazon.com
instead of your first choice