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A grandmaster explains a solid opening
2000, 192 Seiten, kartoniert, englisch Every chess player needs a reliable defence against the Queen's Pawn Opening . The fundamental question is whether to go all-out for counterplay, which may involve a great deal of risk, or to adopt a more solid, classical approach, and first carefully neutralize White's initiative.
By defending the Queen's Gambit Declined, Black puts a firm road-block in the way of White's ambitions. If, as often happens when faced by sturdy defence, White becomes careless or impatient, Black is ready to break out and seize the initiative.
Lasha Janjgava also shows how White's more hypermodern Catalan treatment can be met with the same strategy, and explains how, once Black has equalized, he can unbalance the position, and play for a win. Contents:
- The Alatortsev Variation
- The Eingorn Variation
- 5.Bf4
- The Classical QGD (with ...Nbd7)
- 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6
- 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 0-0 without 7.e3
- The Lasker Defence
- The Tartakower Defence
- The Exchange Variation
- The Catalan Opening
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