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Pawn Structures. Ten? Can there be so many of them? Really? Yes, my man. They can and they ARE. In fact, each of them is pretty important, and you will come by them every now and then. If you are not ready, you might just fall into a nasty trap and end up losing the […]

In the first part of this article, we have discussed how to play against the doubled pawns and exploit their weakness. It is very important to remember that they are not always weak and there are situations when doubled pawns represent an advantage.   ***

It is very frequent that, after the trades made during a game, the pawn structure changes, and doubled pawns appear on the board. As a result, both pawn and pieces mobility is affected. There can be isolated doubled pawns, when none of the pawns can be protected by another pawn and doubled pawns defended by […]