Kings move one square in any direction, so long as that square is not attacked by an enemy piece.

a5 looking to pressure the b-pawn looks like it could be feasible at some point but white probably needs to coordinate his pieces better first. If I were white I would try to develop and coordinate my pieces, then make some favorable exchanges and try to reach an equal game. Black's heavy pieces can also swing to the h-file very quickly. From e7 the knight can go to c6 supporting the d4 knight or g6 eyeing both h4 and f4. Then looking at the minor pieces and pawn breaks. If I were black I'd be looking at a plan like Qf7 followed by Ne7. Both sides should looking to move their heavy pieces to control the h-file since once the break is made you need to be able to control the open file.Д¤) Attack the base of the pawn chain- In this case there is no true base but black should be looking to attack the pawns that can't be defended by other pawns (ie backward)

(although black might be able to pull something off with c6 followed by d5). The only real pawn break here for both sides is the h-file. Rooks are completely useless without open or semi-open files. In this case white is weak on the dark squares so black should look to trade for white's dark square bishop and place his pieces on the undefended dark squares.ДЈ) Pawn breaks- Both sides should be looking for pawn breaks. But since there isn't any way to to improve its mobility without a significant change in pawn structure, white should be looking to trade the bishop and black to avoid the trade at all costs.Дў) Exploit the weak squares- weak squares are those that can't be defended by pawns. If, for example, the bishop were on f5 it would be a much more active piece. White should either trade it or make it active. White's g2 bishop is an example of a 'bad' bishop and is practically worthless in the given position. Generally knights are going to be better in these types of structures especially if they can find advanced outposts. There's a lot of ways to describe the position (such as closed) but no specific name.ДЎ) First of all you want to make favorable minor piece exchanges. It is outstanding especially if you have already covered вЂњ Complete Chess StrategyвЂќ.)

вЂњ Chess Structures: A Grandmaster GuideвЂќ by Mauricio Flores Rios (This is an extension of вЂњPawn Structure ChessвЂќ, and is deeper, and covers more structures.

(This extends the above to specific opening structures.)

вЂњ Pawn Structure ChessвЂќ by Andy Soltis.

(This teaches about many basic plans, and what you are striving for with your pieces and pawns, especially. вЂњ Complete Chess StrategyвЂќ volumes 1,2 and 3 by Ludek Pachman.Learning about opening pawn structures, and the pawn breaks associated with them, can be learned in the following books: You have to realize that changing the pawn break, and moving it up one file, while usually great in principle, it also is much slower, so especially if your pawn break is on the q-side, and your opponent is breaking on your k-side, his could become much more dangerous much more quickly. The q-side is about to open up much to white's favor. Here extending the pawn chain, intending b5-b4, is too slow due to the undefended rook on a8. Part of that is also knowing if you should extend the pawn chain, and thus, change the point of attack for your pawn break. Knowing where your pawn break is, and which one is feasible, is the difference between having a freer game for your pieces, and being smothered to death. Where the pawns on both sides clash is called a pawn break. Pawn chains, and where you attack them, is the basis for all opening play. There is no single best way to counter any specific pawn chain, as it is much more complex than that. It does not have any other special designation.

Chess pawn moves