Dynamic Pawn Play in Chess

by Drazen Marovic

This book tackles fundamental questions such '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 Open Centre; Closed/Blocked Centre; Fixed Centre; and in particular the Mobile/Dynamic Centre.

Genres: Chess

256 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2001

Reviews

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good coaches are good authors and Drazen Marovic is a good coach.

This book contains 5 chapters: First is the introduction and short historical survey and there follows Open Center, Closed Center, Dynamic Center (means mostly sicilian defence) and Pawn Minorities and Majorities.

I like Marovic style, not too deep with variations and not so brief.
All the games chosen were played by top players, so it's no surprise there are plenty of nice material.