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please suggest me any book which can help me understand pawn types, structures, how to deal or defend them.
Some pawn-related ideas are introduced in Simple Chess by Michael Stean.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104258/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review400.pdf
I think these are more advanced books:
Winning Pawn Structures by GM Alexander Baburin (1998)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140718055446/http://chesscafe.com/text/wps.txt
Understanding Pawn Play in Chess by GM Drazen Marovic (2000)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708110136/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review249.pdf
Dynamic Pawn Play in Chess by GM Drazen Marovic (2001)
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/books-of-many-flavours
Winning Chess Middlegames, An Essential Guide to Pawn Structures by GM Ivan Sokolov (2009)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708091955/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review676.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/922.pdf
Pawn Structure Chess by GM Andrew Soltis (2013)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708101523/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review908.pdf
Chess Structures - A Grandmaster Guide by GM Mauricio Flores Rios (2015)
"There is also masses of stuff in the book that made me go 'Oooh!' and 'Aaah!' so I think it will have the same effect on you! In particular, I loved Rios' exposition of White's plan of exerting queenside pressure against Hedgehog systems. I'd seen one of the games he quotes in his chapter but I'd never remotely made any link to a structured way of fighting the Hedgehog structure, so this chapter was a real eye-opener for me ...
In conclusion, warmly recommended. Lots to learn!" - GM Matthew Sadler
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7495.pdf
The Power of Pawns by GM Jörg Hickl (2016)
"The didactic concept of the book is admirable. Each chapter defines the structures, explains the typical characteristics and shows the plans for both White and Black. The reader participates by assessing positions and invariably receives useful tips for practical play." - FM Harry Schaack
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/the-power-of-pawns/
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9034.pdf
Jul 15, 2017
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I will skip trough all of kindaspongey´s scripts and say that Pawn Structure in Chess by Andrew Soltis is a classic.
Kmoch´s book has a lot of weird terms made by himself (he was a genius nutjob), if you are willing to learn all of those terms the book will help you a lot.
Jul 15, 2017
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Thankfully it isnt, I would already be banned for community guidelines if that were to be the case.
BronsteinPawn wrote:
thanks.ill check slotis's book.
I will skip trough all of kindaspongey´s scripts and say that Pawn Structure in Chess by Andrew Soltis is a classic.
Kmoch´s book has a lot of weird terms made by himself (he was a genius nutjob), if you are willing to learn all of those terms the book will help you a lot.
BronsteinPawn wrote:
thanks.ill check slotis's book.
I will skip trough all of kindaspongey´s scripts and say that Pawn Structure in Chess by Andrew Soltis is a classic.
Kmoch´s book has a lot of weird terms made by himself (he was a genius nutjob), if you are willing to learn all of those terms the book will help you a lot.
Pawn Structure Chess by GM Andrew Soltis (2013)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708101523/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review908.pdf
Pawn Power in Chess-Hans Kmoch(pure theory)
Understanding Pawn Play In Chess-Drazen Marovich(bit more practical)
Dynamic Pawn Play in Chess-Drazen Marovich
Pawn Structure Chess-Andrew Soltis
Winning Pawn Structures-Alexander Baburin
Winning Chess Middlegames-Ivan Sokolov(mainly middlegame positions that arise from 1.d4)
pdve wrote:
Pawn Power in Chess-Hans Kmoch(pure theory) ...
In a previous discussion, someone reported a Kmoch passage: "The lengthening of the rearspan is often favorable, inasmuch as the expansion of territory behind the pawn increases the freedom of the pieces. By the same token, the shortening of the frontspan limits the freedom of the opposing pieces."
I'm not exactly a big fan of that sort of writing, but there nevertheless seems to be a widespread opinion that the Pawn Power book is worthwhile.