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Pawn Structure 101: Sicilian – Scheveningen

The pawn structure journey continues, and we are now headed to one of the most exciting destinations: the Sicilian – Scheveningen structure!

Whether you are an aggressive and sharp player who likes to meet 1.e4 with the Sicilian defense or have already realized that it is important to study pawn structures even if they are not a part of your opening repertoire, stick around and get ready to enter this world of possibilities.

This structure has a reputation for creating exciting and dynamic possibilities for both sides and leading to sharp and complex middlegame positions, where often creative ideas will be around the corner.

This is an accurate description of it, but remember that even if you consider yourself to be a more positional and calm player who does not like to face complications, pawn structures are at the heart of deep chess knowledge, and you will always benefit from learning them.

An experienced chess player will be able to tell you in the blink of an eye that this position came from a Sicilian defense. Why? Well, because the main factor that distinguishes an open Sicilian structure is the fact that White’s d-pawn has been exchanged for Black’s c-pawn.

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