Master Preparation: Pawn Structures
The key to middle game strategy is a deep understanding of
the strengths, weaknesses, plans, and endings associated with
typical pawn structures.
Typical thematic pawn structures
- open center
- closed center
- isolated pawn
- hanging pawns (also called linked pawns)
- double isolated pawns
- doubled pawns
- Carlsbad pawn formation
- piece-pawn center
- pawns in tension
- undetermined pawn structure
- wild
Structures arising from typical openings (examples)
- French positions
- sicilian positions
- indian positions (old indian, indian, benoni)
- double fianchetto