Chess Structures At A Glance

The following are diagrams of chess structures that commonly occur. They are based on the book Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide by Mauricio Flores Rios, and sources on the Internet.

This blog is a work in progress! See my studies:
Chess Structures: The Bare Bones
and
Chess Structures: Opening Connections

The numbers at the start of a structure name, if any, refer to the chapter number in Flores Rios' book. A number such as 22.3, the Dragon, refers to the third structure discussed in chapter 22.

	Family One – d4 and ...d5
1. Isolani	2. Hanging Pawns	3. Caro-Kann
4. Slav	5. Carlsbad	6. Stonewall
7. Grunfeld Center

	Family Two – Open Sicilian
8. Najdorf Type I	9. Najdorf Type II	10. Hedgehog
11. Maroczy	11.1. Symmetric Maroczy	11.2. Asymmetric Maroczy

Family Three – Benoni
12. Asymmetric Benoni	13. Symmetric Benoni

	Family Four – King's Indian
14. KID Type I	15. KID Type II	15.1. KID Type II: Tran-A
15.2. KID Type II: Tran-B	16. KID Type III	16.1. KID Type III: Tran-A
16.2. KID Type III: Tran-B	17. Open KID	18. KID Complex
18.1. Rauzer

	Family Five– French
19. French Type I	20. French Type II	21. French Type III

	Miscellaneous Structures
22.1. 3-3 vs. 4-2	22.2. Panov	22.3. Dragon
22.4. Scheveningen	22.5. Benko	22.6. Closed Ruy
22.7. Lopez	22.7.1. Lopez - double exchange

	Not in Flores Rios
Giuoco Piano - Isolani	Botvinnik System	Closed Sicilian

Table of Contents for all my studies

I have written many Lichess studies. All my studies are cross linked. Here is a table of contents for all my studies.
Jomega Studies Table of Contents (lichess.org)

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Created: 10/15/2023
Last Modified: 10/17/2023