The Queen's Gambit & Catalan for Black by Lasha Janjgava

The Queen's Gambit & Catalan for Black Lasha Janjgava ebook
Format: pdf
Publisher: Gambit Publications
ISBN: 1901983374, 9781901983371
Page: 98

All theoretical explainations are also available on youtube! I would like to present you a complete repertoire for black against 1.d4 based on the Queen's Gambit Declined (QGD) and to share my thoughts and ideas with you! If he thinks a Kramnik could then play some form of Queen's gambit, or the Catalan. If Black permits this capture by responding bxc6, he leaves the c6 pawn backward and vulnerable on the half open c-file. I opened the game with the Fianchetto Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined and black quickly gave me the opportunity to give him an isolated pawn, which I was happy to take. He said the main reason was that he had prepared mostly for the Queen's Gambit Declined (he plays the Catalan) and that he hadn't really spent much time on the Slav. A sharp Queen's Gambit Declined, transposing into a Catalan, between Alexander Khalifman and Evgeni Sveshnikov, played in Elista in 1996. Now, interested in the Queen's Gambit Declined as Black, I find the opening worth studying. Queen's Gambit Declined: Mighty Minority Attack. Black can also respond to 15.Ne3 with 15…Ne7, clearing the way for …Qb5 as well and covering the soft d5- and f5-squares. Khalifman vs Sveshnikov – Catalan Opening – Elista, 1996. Against 1.e4 Topalov defends with the Najdorf if he wants to play for a win with Black, sometimes he varies with the Sveshnikov. I didn't think the endgame presented . Grandmaster Sadler explains the key ideas behind the Queen's Gambit Declined, one of Black's most dependable responses to the queen's pawn. The Minority Attack White pushes b2-b4-b5, threatening bxc6. He tried 15.Ng3 and after 15…Qe6, traded on e6 as retreating would allow 16…d5 with equality. In it, experienced tournament players and experts in each specific opening will teach you what you absolutely have to know about the Slav, the Catalan, the Classical Queen's Gambit, the Chigorin Defence, etc.