Welcome to yet another exciting stop in our route through all the 17 main chess pawn structures: the closed sicilian formation has finally been reached. As the name suggests, this structure is typical of the Closed Sicilian, one of the anti-sicilians that White can choose from in order to avoid getting in an Open sicilian […]
Welcome to another moment of learning in your journey through all the 17 chess pawn structures: this time we will be dealing with the Caro Formation. If this name rings a bell it might be because it refers to the Caro-Kann Opening, a very common defence for Black against the move 1.e4. In fact, this […]
Welcome to another exciting destination in our chess structures journey: this time we will be dealing with the Orthodox exchange . This is another typical pawn formation from the Queen’s Gambit family. The Queen’s Gambit family includes very common and important pawn structures, such as The Isolani, and The Hanging Pawns. Even though the most […]
Welcome to one more exciting chess structure: today’s theme is the Boleslavsky hole in the Sicilian defence. If you are a fan on actively fighting for equality right from the beginning of the game, then the Sicilian Defense is probably for you: this opening provides us with games full of tactical resources and rich in […]
Welcome to another stop in our journey through all the 17 chess structures: we have finally reached the Slav formation. As you probably already know, the Slav is one of the most common defences against the Queen’s Gambit. Although its name might lead you to think otherwise, this pawn structure doesn’t only come from the […]
Welcome to one more crucial pawn structure article. Now that you are aware of the importance of learning pawn structures, it’s time for you to learn the basics in pawn formations and types. In this article you will get to know more about the fundamental concepts of every chess structure, that will be very useful […]
This pawn structure article takes us on a ride to explore the Stonewall Formation, one of the most distinguished and well-known structures in chess. If you have been following these series, you already know that there is a total of seventeen pawn structures in chess, and that a structure refers to the way pawns are […]
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Welcome to yet another pawn structure article! In this ride through one of the most essential parts of chess strategy, we have reached yet another stop, this time the Panov Formation pawn structure. Not being as commonly played as many of the structures we have covered before, it is not less important. Keep in mind […]
In this article, we are going to cover one of the most essential and important structures in chess: the Queen’s Gambit – Hanging Pawns structure. As you already know, there are seventeen essential structures in chess, and studying the placement of pawns in each of them is what will lead you towards knowing how to […]