Originally posted by robbie carrobie
hi, is there anyway to search through a database on a thematic positional principles, like say, isolated pawn, doubled pawns, good doubled pawns, double isolated pawns, backward pawn, pawn wedge, attack on pawn wedge, pawn chain, attacking pawn chain etc etc etc so that games containing these features may be produced? it seems such a waste of time to base them on openings. Is there a way to search for these features?
In chessbase, if you open up the "bigbase" that comes with the program, there are a series of tabs at the top for different functions.
One of those tabs is labeled "strategy". There is a subheading for pawns, and under that subheading is a section for isolated pawns. When you click the "+" to expand the menu, it will give you a choice of a variety of isolated pawns from which to choose.
That said, I would follow Geoff's advice and get Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch. After that book, you could go back to chessbase with knowledge you can apply to what you find.
I own the book in algebraic, and it is money well spent.
Paul