Starting Out:
eBook - ePub

Starting Out:

Queen's Gambit Declined

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eBook - ePub

Starting Out:

Queen's Gambit Declined

About this book

Everyman Chess continues its original and best-selling Starting Out series with detailed coverage of the Queen's Gambit Declined, an opening that is very much at the forefront of contemporary chess. The Queen's Gambit Declined is Black's fundamental answer to 1 d4 and an opening of great historical importance.

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Information

Publisher
Popular Chess
Year
2006
eBook ISBN
9781781941294

Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. 1 Starting Moves and Strategy
  3. 2 Tartakower’s Defence
  4. 3 Lasker’s Defence
  5. Capablanca, like Lasker, must have realized that Marshall was far more dangerous in the middlegame than in the endgame; therefore he was eager to simplify against the US Champion and test his technique. If White had hoped to build up an attack on the black king in the middlegame, then the double exchange of pieces was going to be unwelcome to him.Queen’s Bishop friendly?Yes. Black may be making a lot of moves on the kingside, but the exchanges induced with ... Ne4 simplify the game and make it possible for ... b7-b6 and ... Bb7 to follow quickly. Then the bishop is more or less guaranteed an open diagonal, as ... d5xc4 is an integral part of Black’s plan.Lasker fans watch out! White plays an early Bxf6You should visit the last section of the Tartakower chapter at some point in your study of the Lasker, as you will need to know what to do if White prevents it with 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5 Be7 5 Nf3 0-0 6 Qc2!? or 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5 Be7 5 e3 0-0 6 Nf3 h6 7 Bxf6.Variou
  6. 4 The Classical Defence
  7. 5 The Cambridge Springs Defence
  8. 6 The Exchange Variation
  9. 7 White plays Bf4
  10. Index of Complete Games
  11. Alekhine.A-Capablanca.J, World Ch’ship (8th matchgame), Buenos Aires 1927
  12. Aleksandrov.A-Kasimdzhanov.R, Calvia Olympiad 2004
  13. Baburin.A-King.D, British League 2004
  14. Berkes.F-Glud.J, World Junior Championships, Istanbul 2005
  15. Bertok.M-Fischer.R, Stockholm Interzonal 1962
  16. Bicchierai.G-Barsov.A, Calvi 2004
  17. Bischoff.K-Van der Sterren.P, Munich 1990
  18. Capablanca.J-Stahlberg.G, Buenos Aires Olympiad 1939
  19. Capablanca.J-Vidmar.M, London 1922
  20. Carlsen.M-Kasparov.G, Reykjavik (rapid) 2004
  21. Carlsen.M-Short.N, Hoogeveen 2004
  22. Cebalo.M-Inkiov.V, Rome 1985
  23. Chekhov.V-Glienke.M, German League 1994
  24. Chekhov.V-Schmidt.G, Dresden 1997
  25. Döppner.T-Korneev.O, German League 1992
  26. Ekeberg.C-Taksrud.V, Oslo 2004
  27. Franco Ocampos.Z-Campora.D, Ponferrada 1992
  28. Graf.A-Panchenko.A, Pinsk 1986
  29. Gurevich.M-Reuss.A, German League 2004
  30. Hillarp Persson.T-Arencibia.W, Bled Olympiad 2002
  31. Illescas Cordoba.M-Short.N, Pamplona 1999
  32. Jobava.B-Shengelia.D, European Championship, Batumi 2002
  33. Karpov.A-Ehlvest.J, Vienna 1996
  34. Kasparov.G-Portisch.L, Brussels 1986
  35. Kaufman.R-Lengyel.B, Balatonlelle 2006
  36. Kharitonov.A-Pfleger.H, Royan 1988
  37. Kramnik.V-Bruzon.L, Turin Olympiad 2006
  38. Kramnik.V-Timman.J, Belgrade 1995
  39. Kramnik.V-Yusupov.A, Dortmund 1998
  40. Lahiri.A-Irwanto.S, Kuala Lumpur 2005
  41. Malaniuk.V-Barsov.A, Tashkent 1987
  42. Nikolic.P-Kramnik.V, Monte Carlo (blindfold rapid) 1998
  43. Orsag.M-Bellini.F, Montecatini Terme 1997
  44. Petrosian.T-Spassky.B, Santa Monica 1966
  45. Portisch.L-Kasparov.G, Skelleftea 1989