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

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

A new production in the “Key Concepts of Chess” series. The idea is to focus on certain themes by means of 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 offers rules-of-thumb and concepts to give club-chess players the necessary guidance so that they can try to find the right paths in their own games.

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. Introduction
2. The Isolated Queen's Pawn Part 1
3. Introduction, pro’s and con’s
4. The Nxf7-sacrifice
5. The pawn break d4-d5
6. The pin over the d-file
7. The Nxf7-sacrifice 1: Khenkin-Bertran
8. The Nxf7-sacrifice 2: Iturrizaga-Papin
9. The Nxf7-sacrifice 3: Botvinnik-Batuyev
10. The Nxf7-sacrifice 4: Janev-Ilchev
11. The Nxf7-sacrifice 5: Botvinnik-Vidmar
12. The Isolated Queen's Pawn Part 2
13. The rook lift and rook switch 1: Timofeev-Svidler
14. The rook lift and rook switch 2: Buhmann-Wichmann
15. The rook lift and rook switch 3: Onischuk-Vescovi
16. The pawn break d4-d5 1: Ligterink-Donner
17. The pawn break d4-d5 2: Portisch-Bilet
18. The pawn break d4-d5 3: Sokolov-Fischer
19. The pawn break d4-d5 4: Rodshtein-Diamant
20. Transition to ‘hanging pawns’: Donaldson-Kudrin
21. Exploiting weaknesses 1: Bojkov-Dreev
22. Exploiting weaknesses 2: Arngrimmson-Damljanovic
23. Exercises
24. Description
25. Exercise 1
26. Exercise 2
27. Exercise 3
28. Exercise 4
29. Exercise 5
30. Exercise 6
31. Exercise 7
32. Exercise 8
33. Passed Pawn Part 1
34. To create a passed pawn 1: Razuvayev-Honfi
35. To create a passed pawn 2: Nielsen-NN
36. Pawn break: Thipsay-Peng
37. Push pawn!: A.Haast-M.Bensdorp
38. Piece positioning in relation to a passed pawn 1: Hughes-Chirila
39. Piece positioning in relation to a passed pawn 2: Reinderman-Bosboom
40. Piece positioning in relation to a passed pawn 3: Holt-Shetty
41. To lure or chase away a defender: Cano Sanchez-Carrasco
42. Interference: Morozevich-Adams
43. Pin: Mentasi
44. To block a square 1: Troitzky
45. To block a square 2: Wall-Schuurman
46. Double Attack: Engels-Maroczy
47. Passed Pawn Part 2
48. To exploit a passed pawn: Halkias-Asrian
49. To create a second passed pawn 1
50. To create a second passed pawn 2: Nunn
51. To create a second passed pawn 3: Schuurman-Gara
52. To defend against a passed pawn 1: Zenyuk-Abrahamyan
53. To defend against a passed pawn 2: Van den Ende
54. To defend against a passed pawn 3: Zheltukhov
55. To defend against a passed pawn 4: Kasparov-Timman
56. To exploit weaknesses and make use of the passed pawn 1: Grooten-Douven
57. To exploit weaknesses and make use of the passed pawn 2: Petrosian-Korchnoi
58. Exercises
59. Description
60. Exercise 1
61. Exercise 2
62. Exercise 3
63. Exercise 4
64. Exercise 5
65. Exercise 6
66. Exercise 7
67. Exercise 8

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