Looking for Chess Books on Pawn Structures

I would like to find a comprehensive encyclopedia-like chess book covering all pawn structures with general plans for both sides to play as well as exemplary games. This book doesn't need to be for beginners. It can be for intermediate players with lichess rating of 2000 and above. Thank you.

@blundererxd said in #1:
> Looking for Chess Books on Pawn Structures

The Wikipedia article "Pawn Structure" has a list of books on the subject in its "References" and "Further Readings" sections: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawn_structure

And, "The Complete Guide To Pawn Structures" isn't encyclopedic, but it covers some common structures: simplifychess.com/pawn-structures/complete-guide-chess-pawn-structures/index.html

And of course there's always Pawn Structure Chess by Soltis...perhaps the pioneer in the field. :)

Here is a short list of books that I am aware of that take this pawn-structure approach to learning openings. I'm pretty sure they are available on the net to download. They focus on one particular system at a time.

The books are old but quite good. Learning the 'pawn structure' of a particular opening is the proper way to learn about them. The variations come later...
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Mastering the King's Indian Defense

Robert Bellin and Pietro Ponzetto

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Mastering the Modern Benoni and the Benko

Robert Bellin and Pietro Ponzetto

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Mastering the French

Neil Macdonald and Andrew Harley

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Mastering the Nimzo-Indian

Tony Kosten

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How to Play the Sicilian Defense

David Levy and Kevin O'Connell

@blundererxd said in #1:
> I would like to find a comprehensive encyclopedia-like chess book
> covering all pawn structures with general plans for both sides to play
> as well as exemplary games. This book doesn't need to be for beginners.
> It can be for intermediate players with lichess rating of 2000 and above. ...
I keep seeing suggestions for this book:
"... Chess structures: A Grandmaster Guide is not a primer of positional play; ... Instead, you might think of Chess Structures as positional chess 'finishing school.' ..." - John Hartmann
chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-structures-a-grandmaster-guide/
A sample can be seen at www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7495.pdf .
It looks like it would be a bit much for me, but maybe it would be just right for you.

Comprehensive?? I dont know of any that I'd consider comprehensive. There are some that are comprehensive as far as those arising in the openings the author plays or that give only a brief outline of one dominant idea. But these are not detailed.

(I much prefer a detailed and comprehensive book on one or a few related structures that covers opening MG and endgames with lots of examples, like Baburin's book, or the book Isolani Strategy or the books Sokolov is writing. but that is just me. -bill )

I have bought those books and both are very good

chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-structures-a-grandmaster-guide/

www.goodreads.com/book/show/85135.Pawn_Structure_Chess

It's hard to imagine an encyclopedia written about one person's approach to the middle game ;).

Indeed, Andrew Soltis started all of this with the book mentioned by MrPushWood. GM Rios put out an updated version of the same sort of ideas in 2015. St4ck3 has already posted it above. Not sure you'd want or need more information on such a thing.

Thought you might like this article about Philidor's thoughts on pawn structure. He was one of the early masters to do pawn studies and the importance of pawns in chess.

Back in the 18th century the chess master Philidor uttered the words:

...to play the pawns well; they are the soul of chess: it is they which uniquely determine the attack and the defense, and on their good or bad arrangement depends entirely the winning or losing of the game.
- chessfox.com/pawn-structures-why-pawns-are-the-soul-of-chess/ -