Have you ever wondered how grandmasters can quickly recognize what is really going on in a chess position? It's all just a matter of structure, as Ivan Solokov explains in this groundbreaking work. The advanced study of the middlegame in chess deals with the often neglected but extremely important topic of pawn structures, which are divided into four main types: doubled pawns, isolated pawns, hanging pawns, and pawn majorities. This book helps the reader solve the fundamental problems of the middlegame—space, tension, and initiative—through easily understandable verbal explanations and profound analyses. Club players will significantly improve their middlegame skills by studying this book, gain a solid sense of which positions suit their style, and acquire new strategic knowledge.