Fritz Trainer: Key Concepts of Chess 2-Pawn Structures w/Grooten

Fritz Trainer: Key Concepts of Chess 2-Pawn Structures w/GrootenThe 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 (4 hours): The Isolated Queen's Pawn (IQP) arising in many opening variations, essential to understand for both

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 (4 hours):

• 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

A Fritz Trainer video course — 4 hours of strategic instruction that will permanently improve how you handle these critical pawn structures.

The IQP. The passed pawn. Two structures. Four hours. Master them and win more games.