Skip to main content

Pawn Power in Chess

by Hans Kmoch

236 Members 2 Reviews (4.20)

On This Page

Recommendations

Author Information

Common Knowledge

Classifications

Description

"One of the few books...which, at a glance, one can recognize as an immortal." -- Chess. Profoundly original discussion of pawn play isolates its elements and elaborates on various aspects. Basic relationships of one or two pawns constitute winning strategy. Multitude of examples demonstrate paramount significance of elements of pawn manipulation. 182 diagrams. Index of games.

Tags

Recommendations

The Art of the Middle Game by Paul Keres

The Art of the Middle Game

Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 (Dover Chess) by David Bronstein

Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 (Dover Chess)

David Bronstein

Pawn Structure Chess by Andrew Soltis

Pawn Structure Chess

Art of Attack in Chess by Vladimir Vukovic

Art of Attack in Chess

Vladimir Vukovic

My System: A Treatise on Chess by Aron Nimzovich

My System: A Treatise on Chess

Chess Praxis: The Praxis Of My System by Aron Nimzovich

Chess Praxis: The Praxis Of My System

How to Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy Silman

How to Reassess Your Chess

1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations by Fred Reinfeld

1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations

The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev

The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy

My 60 Memorable Games by Bobby Fischer

My 60 Memorable Games

The Reassess Your Chess Workbook by Jeremy Silman

The Reassess Your Chess Workbook

Basic Chess Endings by Reuben Fine

Basic Chess Endings

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess by Patrick Wolff

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess

Judgment and Planning in Chess by Max Euwe

Judgment and Planning in Chess

The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery by Jeremy Silman

The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery

Think Like a Grandmaster by Alexander Kotov

Think Like a Grandmaster

Alexander Kotov

Modern Chess Strategy by Ludek Pachman

Modern Chess Strategy

The Inner Game of Chess: How to Calculate and Win by Andrew Soltis

The Inner Game of Chess: How to Calculate and Win

The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings: Algebraic Notation by Reuben Fine

The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings: Algebraic Notation

The Art of Sacrifice in Chess by Rudolf Spielmann

The Art of Sacrifice in Chess

Rudolf Spielmann

The Art of Chess Combination by Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

The Art of Chess Combination

Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

Simple Chess by Michael Stean

The Art of Checkmate by Georges Renaud

The Art of Checkmate

How to Think Ahead in Chess: The Methods and Techniques of Planning Your Entire Game (Fireside Chess Library) by I. A. Horowitz

How to Think Ahead in Chess: The Methods and Techniques of Planning Your Entire Game (Fireside Chess Library)

How to Play Chess Endings (Dover Chess) by Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

How to Play Chess Endings (Dover Chess)

Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

The life and games of Mikhail Tal by Mikhail Tal

The life and games of Mikhail Tal

Lasker's Manual of Chess by Emanuel Lasker

Lasker's Manual of Chess

Common Sense in Chess by Emanuel Lasker

Common Sense in Chess

The Art of Defense in Chess by Andrew Soltis

The Art of Defense in Chess

Winning Chess Tactics by Yasser Seirawan

Winning Chess Tactics

Yasser Seirawan

Best Lessons of a Chess Coach by Sunil Weeramantry

Best Lessons of a Chess Coach

Sunil Weeramantry

Play Like a Grandmaster by Alexander Kotov

Play Like a Grandmaster

Alexander Kotov

Botvinnik: One Hundred Selected Games by Mikhail Botvinnik

Botvinnik: One Hundred Selected Games

Mikhail Botvinnik

Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games by Laszlo Polgar

Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games

Capablanca's 100 Best Games of Chess by Harry Golombek

Capablanca's 100 Best Games of Chess

Winning Chess: How To See Three Moves Ahead by Irving Chernev

Winning Chess: How To See Three Moves Ahead

Tal-Botvinnik, 1960 by Mikhail Tal

Tal-Botvinnik, 1960

1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate (Chess lovers' library) by Fred Reinfeld

1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate (Chess lovers' library)

Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev

Logical Chess: Move by Move

The Art of Positional Play by Samuel Reshevsky

The Art of Positional Play

Samuel Reshevsky

Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy by John Watson

Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy

Complete Chess Strategy, Volume 2: Principles of Pawn Play and the Center by Ludek Pachman

Complete Chess Strategy, Volume 2: Principles of Pawn Play and the Center

Complete Chess Strategy, Volume 1: First Principles of the Middle Game by Ludek Pachman

Complete Chess Strategy, Volume 1: First Principles of the Middle Game

Chess Fundamentals by Jose R. Capablanca

Chess Fundamentals

Jose R. Capablanca

Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby Fischer

Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess

Positional Chess Handbook by Israel Gelfer

Positional Chess Handbook

The Road to Chess Improvement by Alex Yermolinsky

The Road to Chess Improvement

Alex Yermolinsky

107 Great Chess Battles, 1939-1945 by Alexander Alekhine

107 Great Chess Battles, 1939-1945

Alexander Alekhine

Modern Ideas in Chess by Richard Réti

Modern Ideas in Chess

Endgame Strategy by Mikhail Shereshevsky

Endgame Strategy

Mikhail Shereshevsky

Complete Recommendations

Member Reviews

Featured Recent Thumbs

All Ratings
8
½1
7
½2
6
No Rating

Members

Recently Added By: jcubnite, DarwinsBlade, LilMsSunshine, Pauld88, devogon, David57, stevensito, fromthecrowsnest, JMVKier, narivers

Author Information

34 Works 416 Members

Series

Belongs to Publisher Series

Tartan Chess (12)

Dover Books on Magic, Games and Puzzles

Dover Books on Chess

Common Knowledge

Canonical title*: L'art de jouer les pions
Original title: Die Kunst der Bauernführung
Original publication date: 1956

*Some information comes from Common Knowledge in other languages. Click "Edit" for more information.

Classifications

Genre: Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 794.1 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Indoor games of skill Chess
LCC: GV1451.5 .P3 .K57 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Recreation. Leisure Recreation. Leisure Games and amusements Indoor games and amusements Board games. Move games
BISAC: GAM GAMES & ACTIVITIES Chess

More Classifications

Statistics

Members: 236
Popularity: 137,168
Reviews: 2
Rating: (4.20)

Languages: English, French, German
Media: Paper, Ebook
ISBNs: 8
UPCs: 1
ASINs: 8

Quick Facts

Published: 1956
Genre: Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 794.1
LCC: GV1451.5 .P3 .K57

Author

Picture of author.

34 Works 416 Members

Popular Covers

Find It

Links

No links

Popularity

75%
76%
36%
80%
100%
79%
69%
71%
91%
83%
56%
69%
52%
58%

2012
2026

Ratings

Stars: (4.20)

Click to expand

Click to reduce

Helpers

Naggamanteh (8), PhaedraB (5), BogAl (4), Stav (1), TerenceHearsay (1), Embarquer (1), Carlin_Jones (1), Steve6789 (1), chessyhanxin (1), Kevin_Litke (1)

Verdana Standard Verdana Small The Lorax System Standard System Large Georgia Large Text Atkinson