AXIORA CHESSPRACTICE TO MASTERY
Month 04

Month 04 · Week 02

Hanging & Backward Pawns

Dynamic vs static weaknesses.

Objective

Know when to liquidate hanging pawns and how to fix backward pawns.

You already know

IQP ideas.

Topics

  • Hanging pawns
  • Backward pawn
  • Weak squares
  • Outposts

Lesson timeline

  1. Day 08Hanging pawns80 min
  2. Day 09Backward pawn90 min
  3. Day 10Weak squares100 min
  4. Day 11Outposts80 min
  5. Day 12Practice: Hanging pawns90 min
  6. Day 13Practice: Backward pawn100 min
  7. Day 14Review and testReview90 min

End-of-week review test

  1. 01Explain and demonstrate: Hanging pawns.
  2. 02Explain and demonstrate: Backward pawn.
  3. 03Explain and demonstrate: Weak squares.