Herman Grooten: Key Concepts of Chess – The Hedgehog

Herman Grooten: Key Concepts of Chess – Pawn Structures Vol. 1 + Vol. 2 + The Hedgehog

In order to understand openings properly, the middlegame should actually be studied first. Because all plans in the middlegame link directly to the ideas from the opening. Almost everything is hung up on pawnstructures. Therefore, IM Herman Grooten takes the club chess player by the hand to take a closer look at common middlegame structures.

On this video course Grooten discusses the basic ideas for both White and Black of a typical structure that can arise from various opening variants. This is the so-called “hedgehog system” which is characterised by at least four black pawns on the sixth rank which we call the “spikes” of the hedgehog.

Another essential aspect is that the exchange of a black c-pawn for a white d-pawn (as in the Sicilian) creates a position in which, partly due to c2-c4, a large space advantage is obtained by White. But that the “hedgehog” is viable will become clear in all the examples shown, as the author likes to use this system himself!

• Video running time: 4 hours (English)

• With interactive training including video feedback

• Extra: Model Games and Training with ChessBase apps - Play key pawn structures against Fritz on various levels

PVP 29,90 euros

Herman Grooten es un maestro internacional neerlandés, entrenador de renombre con más de 35 años de experiencia y autor de varios libros muy aclamados sobre entrenamiento y estrategia ajedrecística.

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Mínimos: Pentium III a 1 GHz, 1 GB de RAM, Windows 8.1, tarjeta gráfica DirectX9 con 256 MB de RAM, unidad de DVD-ROM, Windows Media Player 9 y conexión a Internet para la activación del programa. Recomendado: PC Intel Core i7, 2,8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Windows 7 / 8 o 10, tarjeta gráfica DirectX10 (o compatible) con 512 MB RAM o superior, tarjeta de sonido 100% compatible con DirectX10, Windows Media Player 11, unidad DVDROM y conexión a internet para la activación del programa.

Key Concepts of Chess - The Hedgehog

The topic on this video course is the so-called “hedgehog system” which is characterised by at least four black pawns on the sixth rank which we call the “spikes” of the hedgehog.
In order to understand openings properly, the middlegame should actually be studied first. Because all plans in the middlegame link directly to the ideas from the opening. Almost everything is hung up on pawn structures. Therefore, IM Herman Grooten takes the club chess player by the hand to take a closer look at common middlegame structures. 

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Herman Grooten: Key Concepts of Chess – Pawn Structures Vol. 1 + Vol. 2 + The Hedgehog

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Key Concepts of Chess - Pawn Structures Vol.1 & 2 and The Hedgehog

In this two-part course the emphasis will be on typical pawn-structures. “Open and half-open files” and “the pawn chain” will be covered extensively on this video course.
In this series it’s all about strategy for club players, explained in a simple way with clear examples! The idea is to focus on certain themes using specific pawn structures. The central question is: how can the pieces be manoeuvred into good positions and what should we then consider? IM Herman Grooten will offer rules-of-thumb and concepts to give clubchess players the necessary guidance to try and find the right paths in their own games.

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