• Book Reviews,  Chess

    Pawn Power in Chess

    After the last Grenke Chess Tournament I have analysed my games and among many others, I have detected two problematic areas to improve: The first one was on pawn structures and the latter on calculation of variations. As it is sometimes best to return to the beginning, I have read Hans Kmoch’s Pawn Power in Chess, which is very elementary in context, but highly advanced in technique. When it comes to calculation of variations, I have realised that the problem not only lies on the lack of knowledge, but also in the way we think. So I have applied the principles of behavioural finance to chess through Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking,…