Pawn structure prowess is your key to middlegame success

The middlegame is the most fluid part of chess and is also the hardest to master. It is clear when a game begins and when it ends, but what happens in between is where the true fight takes place.

You can make sure you prevail in the ensuing fight by learning five crucial pawn structures. The pawn structures you and your opponent create in the opening will determine strategies in the middlegame, giving you targets, which will often lead to won or lost endgames, for example, a passed pawn reaching promotion.