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

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

Sample video

1. Introduction
2. Fundamentals Part 1
3. Definitions 1
4. Definitions 2
5. To create doubled pawns: Spiesberger-Galdunts
6. To create doubled pawns: Van Wely-Short
7. To get rid of doubled pawns: Constructed Position
8. To win with tripled pawns: Lysyj-Ernst
9. To play against a backward pawn: Estrin
10. To deal with tension between two pawns: Gerlagh-Mollema
11. Tension: Hibma-Breuker
12. Tension: Fischer-Taimanov
13. Typical structures: Suba-Zadrima
14. Fundamentals Part 2
15. Capture towards the center: Babula-Rustemov
16. Capture off the center: Carlsen-Naiditsch
17. Capture off the center Topalov-Van Wely
18. Capture off the center: Gershon-Shinkevich
19. Capture off the center: Atalik-Metin
20. Capture off the center: Lanchava-Schuurman
21. Release the tension: Sokolov-Marcelin
22. The pawn chain, attacking the base: Moskalenko-Fedorchuk
23. The Isolated Queen's Pawn - attacking plan: Roiz-Beccaris
24. The Passed Pawn: Van der Wiel-Haver
25. Exercises
26. Exercise 1
27. Exercise 2
28. Exercise 3
29. Exercise 4
30. Exercise 5
31. Exercise 6
32. Exercise 7
33. Exercise 8
34. Open and Half-Open File Part 1
35. Backward pawn: Gheorghiu-Shapiro
36. Minority-attack: Van den Berg-Kramer
37. Manoeuvres in front of the pawns: Gashimov-Ivanchuk
38. Open file and seventh rank: Zivanic-Kovacevic
39. Open up files with the king in the center 1: A.Haast-Coenen
40. Open up files with the king in the center 2: Avrukh-Schripkenko
41. Which is the right file? 1: Leniart-Kriebel
42. Which is the right file? 2: Berg-Bareev
43. Open and Half-Open File Part 2
44. Eliminating defender 1: Suba-Spraggett
45. Eliminating defender 2: NN-NN
46. Eliminating defender 3: Anastasian-Chatalbashev
47. Entering the seventh rank 1: Kveinys-Comp
48. Entering the seventh rank 2: Leko-Mamedyarov
49. Demolishing the seventh rank: Fleming-Knopf
50. Queen entering on the right way: Grandelius-Sokolov
51. The back rank 1: NN
52. The back rank 2: Lautier-Onischuk
53. The sixth rank: Kasparov-Gavrikov
54. Exercises
55. Description
56. Exercise 1
57. Exercise 2
58. Exercise 3
59. Exercise 4
60. Exercise 5
61. Exercise 6
62. Exercise 7
63. Exercise 8
64. The Pawn Chain
65. Instructive Example
66. Attacking the chain with White
67. Attacking the chain with Black
68. Demolish the structure 1: Moskalenko-Fedorchuk
69. Demolish the structure 2: Forgacs-Tartakower
70. Demolish the structure 3: Hess-P.Gerlagh
71. Making use of a space advantage: Ostovic-Rogul
72. Standard Sacrifice 1: P.Kuipers-P.Gerlagh
73. Standard Sacrifice 2: Kosten-Adrian
74. King’s Indian Defense Overview
75. Model Game for White: Korchnoi-Van Wely
76. Model Game for Black: Tratat-Ye Jiangchuan
77. Exercises
78. Exercise 1
79. Exercise 2
80. Exercise 3
81. Exercise 4
82. Exercise 5
83. Exercise 6
84. Exercise 7
85. 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