Starting Out:

Queen's Gambit Declined

Neil McDonald

• Publisher: Popular Chess
• Year: 2006
• eBook ISBN: 9781781941294

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.

Table of contents

• Introduction
• 1 Starting Moves and Strategy
• 2 Tartakower’s Defence
• 3 Lasker’s Defence
• 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
• 4 The Classical Defence
• 5 The Cambridge Springs Defence
• 6 The Exchange Variation
• 7 White plays Bf4
• Index of Complete Games
• Alekhine.A-Capablanca.J, World Ch’ship (8th matchgame), Buenos Aires 1927
• Aleksandrov.A-Kasimdzhanov.R, Calvia Olympiad 2004
• Baburin.A-King.D, British League 2004
• Berkes.F-Glud.J, World Junior Championships, Istanbul 2005
• Bertok.M-Fischer.R, Stockholm Interzonal 1962
• Bicchierai.G-Barsov.A, Calvi 2004
• Bischoff.K-Van der Sterren.P, Munich 1990
• Capablanca.J-Stahlberg.G, Buenos Aires Olympiad 1939
• Capablanca.J-Vidmar.M, London 1922
• Carlsen.M-Kasparov.G, Reykjavik (rapid) 2004
• Carlsen.M-Short.N, Hoogeveen 2004
• Cebalo.M-Inkiov.V, Rome 1985
• Chekhov.V-Glienke.M, German League 1994
• Chekhov.V-Schmidt.G, Dresden 1997
• Döppner.T-Korneev.O, German League 1992
• Ekeberg.C-Taksrud.V, Oslo 2004
• Franco Ocampos.Z-Campora.D, Ponferrada 1992
• Graf.A-Panchenko.A, Pinsk 1986
• Gurevich.M-Reuss.A, German League 2004
• Hillarp Persson.T-Arencibia.W, Bled Olympiad 2002
• Illescas Cordoba.M-Short.N, Pamplona 1999
• Jobava.B-Shengelia.D, European Championship, Batumi 2002
• Karpov.A-Ehlvest.J, Vienna 1996
• Kasparov.G-Portisch.L, Brussels 1986
• Kaufman.R-Lengyel.B, Balatonlelle 2006
• Kharitonov.A-Pfleger.H, Royan 1988
• Kramnik.V-Bruzon.L, Turin Olympiad 2006
• Kramnik.V-Timman.J, Belgrade 1995
• Kramnik.V-Yusupov.A, Dortmund 1998
• Lahiri.A-Irwanto.S, Kuala Lumpur 2005
• Malaniuk.V-Barsov.A, Tashkent 1987
• Nikolic.P-Kramnik.V, Monte Carlo (blindfold rapid) 1998
• Orsag.M-Bellini.F, Montecatini Terme 1997
• Petrosian.T-Spassky.B, Santa Monica 1966
• Portisch.L-Kasparov.G, Skelleftea 1989