FIVE FREE LESSONS · PAWN PLAY
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Learn to read the game through its pawn skeleton. Follow five practical lessons on passed pawns, weak pawns, outposts, breaks, formations and pawn endings.
← All free lessonsThe Basics
Learn how pawns move, control space, create weaknesses and shape the whole game.
Read this lesson →PAWN LESSON 2Passed and Weak Pawns
Understand passed pawns, isolated pawns, backward pawns, doubled pawns and how to attack or defend them.
Read this lesson →PAWN LESSON 3Breaks and Outposts
See how pawn breaks open lines, create targets and make outposts possible.
Read this lesson →PAWN LESSON 4Reading Pawn Formations
Take a deep look at pawn formations and what they tell you about plans, good pieces, bad pieces and breaks.
Read this lesson →PAWN LESSON 5Practical Pawn Endings
Use the king, opposition, reserve tempi and calculation to convert pawn advantages.
Read this lesson →Suggested order
Start with the basics, then study passed and weak pawns, pawn breaks and outposts, the deep formation guide, and finally practical pawn endings.