Title: Interesting approach, but just another tactical book
Product review: You should note immediately that this book is about pawn STRUCTURE, NOT about pawn PLAY. The author classifies the different pawn skeletons typically encountered into similar types or families, and explores the most commonly encountered plans adopted by either side arising from those structures. A good point of the discussion is the lack of connection to specific piece placement. The examples are connected by structure, not by opening variation. Unfortunately the treatment is superficial with limited analysis and vague references to strategic themes that go largely unexplained. Treatment of the Benoni formation is particularly lacking.For insights into pawn PLAY, read the all-time classic, "Pawn Power in Chess", by Hans Kmoch.
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