How to deal with the IQP?
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In a lot of my positions, the IQP comes up. Sometimes I have it, sometimes my opponent does. How to play with or against it?
By the way IQP stands foe isolated queen pawn, aka d pawn
Maybe consider:
The Power of Pawns by GM Jörg Hickl (2016)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/the-power-of-pawns/
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9034.pdf
Nov 25, 2018
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You could write a book about IQP positions (maybe someone has).
Very generally speaking, the side with the IQP usually seeks active piece play, sometimes a kingside attack. The side playing against it wants to blockade it and trade pieces into an endgame where the isolated pawn is a liability, sometimes a fatal liability.
Here's a video that's underappreciated:
Winning Pawn Structures by GM Baburin is a book about the IQP in his entirety. Same goes for Beliavsky, Mikhalcsisin and Stetsko's book Isolani Strategy.
Thank you guys for helping! I really appreciate it. Will find time to watch the 40-minute video.
Also by the way (I forgot to add this in the beginning) no cursing on this formum/page/whatever-it-is-supposed-to-be
Trade minors if against the IQP, but keep Queen and at least one set of Rooks. Also hold a c- or e-pawn. the Rook goes in front of the pawn, blocking it, and the Queen goes behind it. If he tries to go behind to defend then push c/e-pawn then the IQP is pinned. The Queen makes the defender's King's participation risky