Pawn Breaks (Chess Strategy)

 

Strategic Chess Maneuvers: Harnessing the Power of Pawn Breaks

Elevate your chess game with a deep dive into the art of pawn breaks. Uncover the strategic significance of these pivotal maneuvers and learn how to wield them effectively to seize control of the board. With expert insights, instructive articles, and engaging video lessons at your fingertips. Bishops Bounty Pawn Structures Page (Organized Links to Info On over 20 Pawn Structures)

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Books (Free)

(Free Chessable Course)
Judit Polgar: Free Endgame Lesson #2 - 14 Variations on Pawn Breaks 

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Pawn Break Chess Articles

Theory of Pawn Breaks Explained! - Article with 20Min Video Embedded
Typical Pawn Breaks: Ruining the Opponent’s Pawn Structure - Short Article
Pawn Break Prophylaxis  - Article showing a few Games

Pawn Breaks, part 1 -Chess.com Article By GM Magesh and GM Arun
Pawn Breaks -  Nice Article by NM Dana Mackenze

The powerful e5 Pawn break against the Benoni: using it as White, neutralizing it as Black - Huge Article on this Specific Pawn Break

Pawn Breaks - Detailed Guide w/ Embedded Video  - IM Igor Smirnov

Chess Pawn Break: Guide To Using Pawn Breaks in Chess  - Very nice Guide at The Chess Journal

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Pawn Break LiChess Studies

Demystifying Pawn Breaks - 12 Chapter Study
Middle Game Pawn Breaks - IQP - 2 Chapter study  (2 Annotated Games)

Progressive Pawn-break Studies - In these progressive studies you are presented with a collection of positions where a forced pawn breakthrough is on the board.

First pawn to queen wins the game.
Pawn Breaks 1/4 - [Easy]: lichess.org/study/ddiidonk
Pawn Breaks 2/4 - [Medium]: lichess.org/study/i4sO9cTx
Pawn Breaks 3/4 - [Hard]: lichess.org/study/lT0Aao3u
Pawn Breaks 4/4 - [Extreme]: lichess.org/study/xKG6VGB8

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Pawn Break Video Lessons

Learn Chess: NM Dan H on Break Moves = Pawn Breaks - 27 Min (Great Video)
Chess - When are Pawn Breaks Good? - 26 Min  NM Dan Heismith
Pawn Breaks at the 2022 US Chess Championship - 26 Min NM Dan Heismith

Pawn Breakthroughs - GM Ben Finegold - 2014.12.23 - 41 Min
Chess Strategy: Pawn Breaks - 20 Min  IM  Asaf Givon Top Ten Middlegame Ideas #8: Pawn Breaks - Introduction - 40 Min

Pawn Breakthroughs | Principles of Chess Endgames | GM Naroditsky - 47 Min
Pawn Breaks - 34 Min  FM James Canty
Season 2 Pawn Break - Ruy Lopez - 53 Min FM James Canty
Pawn Structures Explained by GM Yasser Seirawan - 41 Min
Under 1400: Preventing Pawn Breaks in the Hedgehog, with NM Spencer Finegold - 58 Min
Pawn breaks: The Stonewall pawn structures - 1.5 hr  Coach Robert 

Svitlana's Smart Moves - Middlegame pawn breaks - 52 Min  ChessBase Video Series

Importance of Pawn breaks in Chess - 2.5 hr GM Ramesh