Dynamic Pawn Play in Chess

Drazen Marovic

ISBN 10: 1901983439 / ISBN 13: 9781901983432

Published by Gambit Publications August 2001, 2001

About this Item

Binding tight and square, Pages are clean and unmarked.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dynamic Pawn Play in Chess
• Publisher: Gambit Publications August 2001
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1901983439
• ISBN 13: 9781901983432
• Binding: Paper Back
• Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

This book tackles fundamental questions such as: 'How should pawns be used to fight for the centre?' and 'How does the central pawn formation affect planning for both sides?' These issues are central to understanding chess. Marovic discusses central pawn-structures and their impact on play both in the centre and on the wings. He begins by surveying how the pawn's role in controlling the centre has been developed over the last 150 years, and how this has led to the refinement of concepts such as the 'dynamic' backward pawn and the positional exchange sacrifice. The bulk of the book is devoted to discussions of the main type of centre: Open Centre; Closed/Blocked Centre; Fixed Centre; and in particular the Mobile/Dynamic Centre.

About the Author

Drazen Marovic is a grandmaster from Croatia, who has won medals as both player and trainer for various national teams. His pupils include Bojan Kurajica, World Under-20 Champion in 1965, and Al Modiahki of Qatar, the first Arabian grandmaster. Marovic has a wealth of experience as a writer, editor and television commentator on chess. He is currently the trainer of the Croation national team.