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Which pawn structure is better?

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AtahanT

I frequently face two pawn structures as black. I wonder which one is better:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LavaRook

I don't realy know and I guess it would depend on the position of the other pieces (especially rooks) and what not but I'm going to take a stab anyways lol

In the 1st one there is 1 open file and in the 2nd there is 1 semi open file for each color so hmm...

I notice in the first that black's queenside pawns are more advanced and I notice white has that c3 pawn there so therefore maybe Black can go for a minority attack there. The thing is though that white has a nice possible knight outpost at d4.

Its kinda hard but I'm just guna go ahead with the 1st position though since that minority attack seems appealing and I think a possible d4 knight there may be able to be kept at bay

AtahanT

Alot of good stuff here that I've pondered about aswell. Things are a bit clearer now. Thanks for all the answers.