Pawn Structures and How To Play Them with IM Dr. Danny Kopec

part one strong pawn structures levers defined duo's and trios pawn chains and passed pawns I believe that the single most powerful notion emphasized by dr. Komachi is that of levers almost every position has its appropriate lever including for example the positional lever the attacking lever the undermining weaver and more a lever is a pawn move which one offers a trade of pawns to damages your opponent's pawn structure and or three improves your own pawn structure a duo is a pair of pawns of the same color on adjacent files on the same rank usually considered from the fourth rank and higher a duo in the center is usually considered an asset when achieved in the opening or middle game central duos are considered strong if only for the squares they control the fundamental issue surrounding the evaluation of a duo is often how hard is the duo to maintain is there a supporting cast such a