Hey, guys, I need your help! I made this page with the named chess structures, but I need it reviewed by actual chess heavyweights.
You can find the page here: https://siderite.dev/LiChessTools/pawnStructures.html
Thanks!
@TotalNoob69 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/AA6WO7Xt)]
The Ritcher-Rauzer.
Surely you mean Reacher!
@TotalNoob69 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/sYfj2Caa)
> Surely you mean Reacher!
Well I'm not sure what the reference is.
I was just suggesting it since it wasn't included.
I'd prefer bigger chess pieces. These are too small imho for the board.
@Kralikvsachu said [^](/forum/redirect/post/JmVWZhc4)
> I'd prefer bigger chess pieces. These are too small imho for the board.
Done.
@RuyLopez1000 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/iK9xaBfE)
> > Surely you mean Reacher!
>
> Well I'm not sure what the reference is.
>
> I was just suggesting it since it wasn't included.
Sorry for the slightly mean reply, but I flagged the same issue in your study and you ignored it. Ritcher would be read as Reacher, which is a popular TV series right now which has nothing to do with chess. The joke was about the spelling of the name, which is Richter-Rauzer and it's not a pawn structure, but a [Sicilian variation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Defence#Richter%E2%80%93Rauzer_Attack:_6.Bg5).
There are "structures" that are named after the opening they are most common found in and a lot related to the Sicilian Defense. People are mad about that opening for some reason. In my research of chess books containing "pawn structure" I found a lot that were actually not talking about the pawn structures in my list and instead were focusing on specific positions in their pet variations.
I am beginning to think that pawn structures is a nebulous and not really scientifically researched subject. There are people playing a specific style and they keep encountering the same pawn pattern and they name it because it's useful to them. What I would like to do is to decouple the pawn structure from any particular opening.
I have been trying for some time to entice some data scientist to take the Lichess database and statistically find the most common pawn structures that would be thematic for their winning strategies, but to no avail. For the moment, the point of the page is to try to detect the structure in LiChess Tools and provide a link to it that gives human insight into the plan for that position.
I would give my right kidney for someone like @hpy or someone at that level to give me a structured solution for the problems above.
@TotalNoob69 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/AA6WO7Xt)
> Hey, guys, I need your help! I made this page with the named chess structures, but I need it reviewed by actual chess heavyweights.
>
> You can find the page here: https://siderite.dev/LiChessTools/pawnStructures.html
>
> Thanks!
Bare Naked Ladies - It's all been done, before!
https://exeterchessclub.org.uk/content/pawn-formations
"I am beginning to think that pawn structures is a nebulous and not really scientifically researched subject."
You'd be wrong. Pawn Structures have been heavily studied; Books have been written about them:
https://share.google/aimode/FyFsz34CP7SxetE4L
Good luck in your research.
Besides that, it's not pronounced "reacher" in english. It is Phonetic: ˈrk.tər (RICK-tur).
@TotalNoob69 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/1MFFYb0Y)
>I flagged the same issue in your study and you ignored it.
I checked and the study does say 'Richter Rauzer'. It was corrected.
I didn't ignore it.
>The joke was about the spelling of the name, which is Richter-Rauzer and it's not a pawn structure, but a Sicilian variation.
This doesn't make sense.
You list the Najdorf as a pawn structure
Your response is like saying 'Najdorf is not a pawn structure but an opening'.
People name pawn structures after openings.
You exclude this pawn structure for no good reason.
It is highly thematic. The doubled f-pawns give a plan of playing f4-f5 for White to pressure the e pawn and try to get a d5 outpost, as well as a central attack against the King. Black relies on their bishop pair, the potential counterplay against White's kingside pawns. The central pawn mass can be dangerous in the endgame.