For many chess-players, opening study is pure hard work. It is difficult to know what is important and what is not, and when specific knowledge is vital, or when a more general understanding is sufficient. Tragically once the opening is over, a player is puzzled what plan to follow, or even understand why his pieces are on the squares on which they sit.
004 Key to Symbols
007 PART I – Early Sidelines in the Queen’s Gambit Declined
009 Chapter 1 – Various Sidelines in the QGD
041 PART II – The Ragozin
043 Chapter 2 – Sidelines on Move 5
099 Chapter 3 – 5.Qa4
167 Chapter 4 – 5.Bg5
241 Chapter 5 – 5.cxd5
313 PART III – The Catalan
315 Chapter 6 – Catalan with Nc3
347 Chapter 7 – Catalan with Nbd2
385 Chapter 8 – Catalan with Bd2
