In chess, you cannot take back moves, but you can always return the figure to its previous field, at least at the cost of several tempos. Pawns, on the other hand, do not go back, so any pawn move is a permanent solution. Pawning is one of the most difficult aspects of chess strategy. This explains the small number of books written on this topic. Sam Shankland went his own way - he decomposed the principles of pawn play into basic elements and based on them built strategic guides that every competent chess player should know. Grandmaster Sam Shankland - winner of two gold medals for victories at the World Olympics as part of the US team, winner of the 2018 US Championship, ahead of F. Caruana, W. So and X. Nakamura. For a wide range of chess lovers.