There's general guidelines, like get your King to the centre etc, but you still have to play each position on its merits. Why not post one of these where you screwed up and people will post advice?
How to Win Even and Uneven Pawn Chain Battles?
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Learn pawn breakthrough positions, tempos and opposition etc.
Mainly it's improve your king position and try and use spare tempos with the pawns to gain the opposition.
If you have an extra pawn, it's normally a case of advancing the pawn without a pawn opposite it first.
There are weird diagrams detailing squares kings have to be able to reach, etc but best to concentrate on the actual lone king and pawn v king stuff first then work up from there. My point is that once you understand what is won to aim for then it will be easier to grasp what breakthroughs are needed. Some positions are won or lost simply on who it is to play. Better still, crush them in the middlegame and forget all that intricate nonsense.
So, one thing I've been trying to improve on is how to play even and uneven pawn chain battles (and win them, of course).
This often occurs in the end-games, where a lot of pieces are obliterated and you and your opponent simply have one big piece (like a bishop) and all pawns and the king left. Sometimes one side will have more pawns (e.g., 3 to 2) or it's even (e.g., 3:3, 2:2, etc.).
My question is whether there is some kind of fail-safe mechanical technique/algorithm that will allow you to either:
a.) always win the pawn battle
or
b.) at least stay even and not lose the battle
I've had blunders (or so I believe) before where I'll have the pawn majority and still get beat or have it end up where I can't move and we're both stuck. Hoping to improve these scenarios!!
If folks want to do visualizations, that'd be even better!