I need to learn more about playing pawns...

Do any of you know of a good book on pawn structure? Not one of those too difficult ones, please.  Or are there articles (perhaps on Chess Cafe) that you know of that talk about how to use pawns, especially in the opening? And later on?

I know they are the soul of chess and I need to devote some time to really studying pawns.

Thanks

stwils

I'd be happy to be wrong, but I don't think there's a book for what you're looking for... I don't know of any truly beginner books on pawn play. There are several good books on pawn play (Hans Kmoch's Pawn Power, Andrew Soltis' Pawn Structure Chess -- which isn't really about pawn play actually, it's about the relationship between middle game planning and pawn structure, and Drazen Marovic's Understanding Pawn Play in Chess)... I think they are for class B and above players, so you're still a couple classes away.

I'll bet there's a good chapter on this topic for you, out there in some book somewhere, I just don't know it off-hand.

Maybe chess.com forum can collaborate on some pawn lessons for you (I wonder what the chess mentor has available?)

Here's a classic, basic, and important pawn lesson on creating a breakthru passed pawn:

Jg27Pyth,

I think you are right about the books on pawns being too advanced.

So, I am hoping for a good chapter in a book dedicated to pawn structure. I am wandering around with Seirawan's Winning Chess Strategy - his chapter on pawn structure. It is a bit of a pill for me. Too much back and forth and just too much!

It seems all games start with your using your pawns effectively. And then as the game goes on, you need to really know how to use your pawns. (Of course the end game is a must learn about pawns, but that does not trouble me like the opening or the middle game.)

Anyone know of a good chapter or section of a book dealing effectively ( and comfortably) with pawns?

stwils