Book on pawn structure

What's a good book on pawn structures? Common pawn structures. Nothing too complicated, amateur to advanced level. 

I mostly play the queen's gambit and the Sicilian Defense 

This one is pretty damned good, and it's specifically over pawn "structures" instead of just pawns, pawn weaknesses, or another aspect of pawn play. The types of most common pawn structures that arise from most openings, and plans along with them. It says Grandmaster's guide, but it was written by a Grandmaster, and is not inaccessible to normal players. 

https://www.amazon.com/Chess-Structures-Mauricio-Flores-Rios/dp/1784830003/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503751486&sr=8-1&keywords=grandmaster+guide+pawn+structures

What's the level of this book, and have you tried it?

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
In a previous discussion, someone reported a passage from Pawn Power in Chess by Kmoch: "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 Kmoch book is worthwhile.

Hi kindaspongey have you read all these books ? Which one would you say would be best for a player in the 1450 to 1650 range ? 

I have only read parts of a few. If you do not already know the Stean stuff, I would guess that it is a good idea to start there. Hickl's book is described as being for "post-beginners", but it seems that a lot of New in Chess books make that claim. I sugggest that you browse through the reviews and samples and try to pick out something that you want to work on.

A book on pawn structure.  That would be a hard one to put down.

Your tactics rating is 1897, and blitz is 1578. While that doesn't tell us everything about your OTB tournament play, or how much you "know" about chess, it certainly does give us a good starting benchmark. I know about how good that would make you, and I know about how good I am. And I promise you this, that book would not be any problem for you to understand.

Get it, and I think you'll really enjoy it, and find what you're looking for. People really talked about how about of 1000s of chess books out there, it really is one of the first that really talked about pawn structures, from the standpoint of structures, and not just pawns, (ie, backwards, isolated, islands, holes, stuff everyone gets from normals books, ect.)

The thing about chess is that there are too many possible positions to remember how to play well by remembering every position or possible move order. It's about patterns. This is from the intro:

"The truth about my training method is that looking over a game for just a couple of minutes can actually be a wonderful investment, if done correctly. The key is searching for repeating patterns; this takes some practice but is feasible. In my career I have seen close to 100,000 chess games, including most of the grandmaster-level games played over the past decade. The cumulative experience from spending a minute or two on each of these games has allowed me to gain an excellent positional understanding. Staring at a position for a few seconds is often enough for me to see who is better, which plans will work, which pieces should be traded, etc.

Chess Structures -A Grandmaster Guide is an excellent selection of model games. By studying the 140 games and fragments in this book, the reader will learn many of the most important plans, patterns and ideas in chess."

I've gotten a bit into it, and I'm so happy I have it that I started slapping myself in the face for the only reason that I didn't know what else to do I was so happy. But seriously, it does look like one of the best books on pawn structures. Plans and ideas that arise from the most likely and common pawn structures in chess. 

• Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch (originally Die Kunst der Bauernführung, 1956)
• Pawn Structure Chess by Andrew Soltis
• Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide by Mauricio Flores Rios, or
• The Power Of Pawns by Jörg Hickl.

Thanks a lot.

The best book on pawn structure is Euwe & Kramer's The Middle Game in Chess: Book 1 Static Features. It considers all the usual pawn structures and outlines the correct plan for both sides, giving at least one illustrative game with each. It also discusses the most likely openings from which each structure usually arises. It is written for intermediate to advanced players, not beginners.

Book 2 Dynamic Features is also good, featuring chapters on initiative, attack, defense, maneuvering, and style (including brief chapters on the early World Champions).  Well worth buying & reading - but Book 1 is superb.

These are some good recommendations, thank you.

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