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Many opening systems give rise to typical pawn structures or pawn formations. The pawn structures are often relatively static and henceforth determine the plans in the middlegame. This is true for both White and Black. Let us take as an example the Nimzo-Indian Defence. This opening system and the middlegames it engenders frequently lead to typical pawn structures, e.g. the c3/c4 doubled pawns or the isolated white pawn on d4. Other typical pawn structures are a frequent determining factor for plans in other opening systems, e.g. the French Defence.
For the handling of the middlegame it is very important to know more than just the main variations. It is equally important to possess the knowledge of how to deal with the typical middlegame positions which result from these variations! For this purpose, excellent support is provided by our database program ChessBase which, with a few clicks, offers the user an abundance of material to look at. Let us take a practical example. In the Sämisch System in the Nimzo-indian Defence a typical pawn structure arises. 1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 *
In this variation White accepts the doubled pawns, which can/should be systematically under siege from Black. In return White gets the bishop pair and must try to cash in on this in combination with his strong centre. By studying relevant comparable games the user can familiarise himself or herself with the typical strategies for both sides. For this the program offers a simple option, namely the function Report – Similar Structures.
After you access the function the relevant section of the search mask is opened, taking the pawn formation as the basis for its position search.
You have the possibility of accepting the search criteria in the dialog box or of modifying them. The dialog box does not contain the a- and h-pawns. The reason for this is that complete and absolutely perfect agreement need not be totally helpful in the search for games with appropriate material.
When you look over the material, it makes sense to study above all games by strong players which demonstrate the appropriate ways of handling the middlegame. Under Game data define the range of strength of the players in the model games to be displayed.
The result of the search in the reference database I used with my pre-defined search criteria was a total of 675 games. You can get some interesting preliminary information by highlighting all the games within the list and calling up the statistics by typing “S”.
Annotated games are of course particularly interesting. If you have the Mega Database then you have at your disposal an enormous treasure trove of unannotated games. Where applicable you can also find annotated games played in the system you have chosen.
Within the search mask choose the entry for “Annotations”.
After studying the material, you would perhaps like to put your new knowledge to a practical test? That too is absolutely no problem with ChessBase.
You either transfer the position to Fritz or one of the other chess programs or else you choose from the menu Training – Play Out Against Fritz.
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