July 2026 Chess Seminar — How to Play With & Against Doubled Pawns | With Neev

How to Play With & Against Doubled Pawns

Doubled pawns are often seen as a weakness — but are they always bad?

Join Neev for an interactive and practical chess seminar exploring how to play with and against doubled pawns. We’ll look at real game positions, practical strategic ideas, and puzzles designed to help you recognize when doubled pawns are a weakness and when they can actually become a strength.

You’ll learn how to:

• Identify and understand doubled pawns
• Attack doubled pawns effectively
• Find and exploit the squares in front of them
• Recognize powerful outposts, especially for knights
• Understand when doubled pawns provide benefits such as central control, open files, and attacking opportunities
• Evaluate the entire position rather than automatically judging doubled pawns as weak

The seminar will include game examples, interactive explanations, and puzzles for participants to solve.

Whether you’re a beginner looking to understand pawn structures better or an experienced player looking to sharpen your positional understanding, this session will give you practical ideas you can take directly to your next game.

Presented by Neev

♟️ Come learn, solve, and see doubled pawns from a whole new perspective.

Date & Time: July 12 (Sunday); 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Venue: Bethany Library