Description
The IQP and the Passed Pawn. Two Structures Every Club Player Must Understand.
IM Herman Grooten continues his Key Concepts of Chess series with a second volume focused on two of the most important and frequently occurring pawn structures in club chess — the Isolated Queen’s Pawn and the passed pawn in the middlegame.
What This Course Covers:
- The Isolated Queen’s Pawn (IQP) — arising in many opening variations, essential to understand for both sides. When is it a strength? When is it a weakness? How do you exploit it or neutralize it?
- The passed pawn in the middlegame — sometimes invaluable, sometimes a liability. Learn when a passed pawn can cause an astonishing, decisive effect.
- Rules of thumb and concepts — practical guidance for finding the right plans in your own games
- Clear examples from games that club players will recognize and relate to
- Video running time: 4 hours
- Instructor: IM Herman Grooten
- Language: English
- Format: Fritz Trainer Digital Download