Key Concepts of Chess - Pawn Structures Vol.1 and 2 by Herman Grooten

In this series it’s all about strategy for club players, explained in a simple way with clear examples! The idea is to focus on certain themes using specific pawn structures. The central question is: how can the pieces be manoeuvred into good positions and what should we then consider? IM Herman Grooten will offer rules-of-thumb and concepts to give clubchess players the necessary guidance to try and find the right paths in their own games.

In this two-part course the emphasis will be on typical pawn-structures, ones that appear quite often in games and that will be very recognisable to club-chess players. Hence, the topics for video course 1 “Open and half-open files” and “the pawn chain” will be covered extensively on this video course.

• Video running time: 6 hours 30 Minutes (English)
• With interactive training including video feedback
• Extra: Model Games and Training with ChessBase apps - Play key pawn structures

In this second part the emphasis will be on typical pawn structures that appear quite often in games, and that will be very recognizable for clubchess players. For example, on this video course the topics “the isolated queen pawn (IQP)” and “the passed-pawn in the middlegame” will be discussed in detail. Because the IQP can appear on the board in many opening variations, it is worthwhile to study. The fact that sometimes a passed-pawn can be invaluable and can cause an astonishing effect will be music to the ears of the club-chess player.

• Video running time: 4 hours (English)
• With interactive training including video feedback
• Extra: Model Games and Training with ChessBase apps - Play key pawn structures against Fritz on various levels

Sample video

1. DVD1
2. Introduction
3. Fundamentals Part 1
4. Fundamentals Part 1
5. Definitions 1
6. Definitions 2
7. To create doubled pawns: Spiesberger-Galdunts
8. To create doubled pawns: Van Wely-Short
9. To get rid of doubled pawns: Constructed Position
10. To win with tripled pawns: Lysyj-Ernst
11. To play against a backward pawn: Estrin
12. To deal with tension between two pawns: Gerlagh-Mollema
13. Tension: Hibma-Breuker
14. Tension: Fischer-Taimanov
15. Typical structures: Suba-Zadrima
16. Fundamentals Part 2
17. Fundamentals Part 2
18. Capture towards the center: Babula-Rustemov
19. Capture off the center: Carlsen-Naiditsch
20. Capture off the center Topalov-Van Wely
21. Capture off the center: Gershon-Shinkevich
22. Capture off the center: Atalik-Metin
23. Capture off the center: Lanchava-Schuurman
24. Release the tension: Sokolov-Marcelin
25. The pawn chain, attacking the base: Moskalenko-Fedorchuk
26. The Isolated Queen's Pawn - attacking plan: Roiz-Beccaris
27. The Passed Pawn: Van der Wiel-Haver
28. Exercises
29. Description
30. Exercise 1
31. Exercise 2
32. Exercise 3
33. Exercise 4
34. Exercise 5
35. Exercise 6
36. Exercise 7
37. Exercise 8
38. Open and Half-Open File Part 1
39. Open and Half-Open File Part 1
40. Backward pawn: Gheorghiu-Shapiro
41. Minority-attack: Van den Berg-Kramer
42. Manoeuvres in front of the pawns: Gashimov-Ivanchuk
43. Open file and seventh rank: Zivanic-Kovacevic
44. Open up files with the king in the center 1: A.Haast-Coenen
45. Open up files with the king in the center 2: Avrukh-Schripkenko
46. Which is the right file? 1: Leniart-Kriebel
47. Which is the right file? 2: Berg-Bareev
48. Open and Half-Open File Part 2
49. Open and Half-Open File Part 2
50. Eliminating defender 1: Suba-Spraggett
51. Eliminating defender 2: NN-NN
52. Eliminating defender 3: Anastasian-Chatalbashev
53. Entering the seventh rank 1: Kveinys-Comp
54. Entering the seventh rank 2: Leko-Mamedyarov
55. Demolishing the seventh rank: Fleming-Knopf
56. Queen entering on the right way: Grandelius-Sokolov
57. The back rank 1: NN
58. The back rank 2: Lautier-Onischuk
59. The sixth rank: Kasparov-Gavrikov
60. Exercises
61. Exercise 1
62. Exercise 2
63. Exercise 3
64. Exercise 4
65. Exercise 5
66. Exercise 6
67. Exercise 7
68. Exercise 8
69. The Pawn Chain
70. Instructive Example
71. Attacking the chain with White
72. Attacking the chain with Black
73. Demolish the structure 1: Moskalenko-Fedorchuk
74. Demolish the structure 2: Forgacs-Tartakower
75. Demolish the structure 3: Hess-P.Gerlagh
76. Making use of a space advantage: Ostovic-Rogul
77. Standard Sacrifice 1: P.Kuipers-P.Gerlagh
78. Standard Sacrifice 2: Kosten-Adrian
79. King’s Indian Defense Overview
80. Model Game for White: Korchnoi-Van Wely
81. Model Game for Black: Tratat-Ye Jiangchuan
82. Exercises
83. Exercise 1
84. Exercise 2
85. Exercise 3
86. Exercise 4
87. Exercise 5
88. Exercise 6
89. Exercise 7
90. Exercise 8
91. DVD2
92. Introduction
93. The Isolated Queen's Pawn Part 1
94. Introduction, pro’s and con’s
95. The Nxf7-sacrifice
96. The pawn break d4-d5
97. The pin over the d-file
98. The Nxf7-sacrifice 1: Khenkin-Bertran
99. The Nxf7-sacrifice 2: Iturrizaga-Papin
100. The Nxf7-sacrifice 3: Botvinnik-Batuyev
101. The Nxf7-sacrifice 4: Janev-Ilchev
102. The Nxf7-sacrifice 5: Botvinnik-Vidmar
103. The Isolated Queen's Pawn Part 2
104. The Isolated Queen's Pawn Part 2
105. The rook lift and rook switch 1: Timofeev-Svidler
106. The rook lift and rook switch 2: Buhmann-Wichmann
107. The rook lift and rook switch 3: Onischuk-Vescovi
108. The pawn break d4-d5 1: Ligterink-Donner
109. The pawn break d4-d5 2: Portisch-Bilet
110. The pawn break d4-d5 3: Sokolov-Fischer
111. The pawn break d4-d5 4: Rodshtein-Diamant
112. Transition to ‘hanging pawns’: Donaldson-Kudrin
113. Exploiting weaknesses 1: Bojkov-Dreev
114. Exploiting weaknesses 2: Arngrimmson-Damljanovic
115. Exercises
116. Exercise 1
117. Exercise 2
118. Exercise 3
119. Exercise 4
120. Exercise 5
121. Exercise 6
122. Exercise 7
123. Exercise 8
124. Passed Pawn Part 1
125. To create a passed pawn 1: Razuvayev-Honfi
126. To create a passed pawn 2: Nielsen-NN
127. Pawn break: Thipsay-Peng
128. Push pawn!: A.Haast-M.Bensdorp
129. Piece positioning in relation to a passed pawn 1: Hughes-Chirila
130. Piece positioning in relation to a passed pawn 2: Reinderman-Bosboom
131. Piece positioning in relation to a passed pawn 3: Holt-Shetty
132. To lure or chase away a defender: Cano Sanchez-Carrasco
133. Interference: Morozevich-Adams
134. Pin: Mentasi
135. To block a square 1: Troitzky
136. To block a square 2: Wall-Schuurman
137. Double Attack: Engels-Maroczy
138. Passed Pawn Part 2
139. To exploit a passed pawn: Halkias-Asrian
140. To create a second passed pawn 1
141. To create a second passed pawn 2: Nunn
142. To create a second passed pawn 3: Schuurman-Gara
143. To defend against a passed pawn 1: Zenyuk-Abrahamyan
144. To defend against a passed pawn 2: Van den Ende
145. To defend against a passed pawn 3: Zheltukhov
146. To defend against a passed pawn 4: Kasparov-Timman
147. To exploit weaknesses and make use of the passed pawn 1: Grooten-Douven
148. To exploit weaknesses and make use of the passed pawn 2: Petrosian-Korchnoi
149. Exercises
150. Exercise 1
151. Exercise 2
152. Exercise 3
153. Exercise 4
154. Exercise 5
155. Exercise 6
156. Exercise 7
157. Exercise 8

Languages:	English
System:	Windows 7 or higher, Mac OS X (only download)
Published:	May 2022
Delivery:	Download
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Level:	Advanced , Tournament player , Professional