Chess Academy® Isolated Pawn (Middlegame Strategy Series)

+ Tutorial & Training Module "Isolated Pawn" (see Module Description for further details).

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A two-level classification is provided in the Chess Academy libraries. The examples are classified according to definite topics which, in turn, are subdivided into subtopics. In accordance with this, the selection of material on subject matter takes place in two steps: Choice of topic; Choice of subtopic.

Content

 This module is devoted to one of the most important strategic problems of the middlegame - how to play in various typical positions with an isolated queen pawn. The complexity of dealing with such positions usually arises from the necessity to determine whether the isolated pawn is an advantage or a deficiency. The strength of an isolated pawn in dynamics and its weakness in statics are illustrated by more than two hundred carefully selected and annotated games of reknowed chessplayers. Careful study of these examples will provide users with solid theoretical knowledge which may be of great value in their own chess practice.

A superb reference work for training aid which covers such themes as: Attack on the king, Activity development in the centre, Exploiting weak flank squares or passive pieces, Space seizure, Capturing open files, Transition into the endgame, Blockade of an isolated pawn, Control of the blockade square, Pawn breakthrough, Pawn structure transformation, Creating hanging pawns, Fixing backward pawns, Exchanging pieces in the center, Isolated d-pawn, emerging from the French Defence, Unconventional strategical ideas.

There is a successful combination of classic games, with which the chapters usually begin, and modern examples. This module will induce players to make a more serious study of the middlegame. Experts and masters will not find many of these examples to be easy. A novice or intermediate level player will find these examples quite difficult, but they will learn a bit more with each next attempt.

British Chess Magazine No.9 in review from September 1995 wrote: "A promising first title ... Isolated Pawn positions are very common, and can arise from many openings... A total of 201 early and late middlegame positions from master play are discussed, categorised by various themes ... in general production quality is good, and the examples interesting".

If you need to know how to play pro & contra Isolated Pawn - please use this module.

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The areas that interest you

• Learn openings
• Learn middlegame plans
• Improve endgame
• Improve overall play
• Improve strategic / positional play
• Improve tactical ability

• Supports internal / external chess engines for analysis
• Supports clock
• Tracks all completed exercises
• Displaying running score of results
• Indicates piece to move and square to move to (as hint)
• Gives an extended textual explanations in key positions
• Supports colored arrows or squares

Chess Academy Database Program is an excellent tool for studying all phases of the game and provides instant access to millions of games via sophisticated search and sorting tools. Using a database, you can search for the current board position, and the program will return a collection that includes this exact position. You can also search for some patterns of current position, and piece maneuvers. By reviewing these games, you can see which common plans worked in that position.

Database, Dataset and Game Management: Facilitated with an easy-to-handle and powerful interface. Tools for keeping player and tournament names consistent and removing doubles from a player's collection at the highest possible speed and correctness.

Search & Sorting tools, Statistical Analysis: All sorts of search tools and sortings at your disposal, like searches for material, pawn structures, positions, players, sacrifices, piece movements, sorting by white/black, source, year, moves, result, ECO etc. as well as powerful statistical analysis (here - detailed statistics for Garry Kasparov according to his sucess in particular openings.

Playing and Analysis

Using Chess Academy possible both in combination with its built-in Chess Academy engine and with a wide variety of separate Winboard-compatible engines like Crafty, GoliathBlitz, Ruffian, etc.

Opening Preparation

You can create a tree of variants with statistics for any chess player in a database. Here you will see for example, the complete statistics for Kasparov (white) in Nimzowich Defence