The Power of Pawns: Chess Structure Fundamentals for Post-beginners

by Jorg Hickl

'If you want to improve at chess, you must know the characteristics of typical pawn formations.Understanding the pawn structure is a key tool when you are evaluating a position on the board.One simple pawn move can ruin your position or win the game.Post-beginners should know the basic essentials of chess structures and that is what this modern training manual focuses on.Experienced chess teacher Jörg Hickl helps you Assess the strengths and weaknesses of pawn structures- Recognize strategic patterns- Identify how you can improve your position- Develop a plan of actionThe Power of Pawns provides common sense guidance and Jörg Hickl uses practical examples to explain typical structures, strategies and plans.His tips and exercises are both highly enjoyable and to the point.

Genres: Chess

425 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 15, 2016

Reviews

[J · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Power of Pawns Compels You...!

[Chris MacFadyen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good intro book on pawn structures, plans for both sides in various pawn structures, how the pieces should interact in given pawn structures, and likely endgames.

[Kåre · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lige over mit niveau, så det er således det rigtige niveau for mig.
Den er ret skarpt skåret med forskellige problemstillinger i hver sit kapitel, med en indledning, og derefter nogle fulde partier. Der er ikke meget forklaring til inddeling og den slags, og ind imellem er det også som om, det ikke er helt konsekvent - altså har jeg lidt svært ved at følge det hele.
Partierne er både gamle, nye og lidt af forfatteren selv.

[TjeerdFokkens · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very informative book about pawn structures. The didactical exposition is great and the reader learns a lot about subtle play. All pawn structures are covered, I think, and the examples illustrating the concepts are well-chosen. The prose is a bit wonky here and there and it seems that the text is translated from German, this sometimes made me read a sentence twice or three times to get the meaning. Still, after carefully studying this book, one can greatly improve one's understanding of this aspect of the game.

[Andre Hermanto · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good:
* So many different positions and analyses for each of them.

Bad:
* More comments in the games are welcome.

[Francisco Galán · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing book for beginner-intermediate level.

[Sandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of great quotes he includes by famous figures about chess.