The Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange Variation is one of the most important opening systems. It has been played by most of the great players in history and from both sides of the board.
The most outstanding specialists in this method of play include Garry Kasparov, Mikhail Botvinnik and Samuel Reshevsky while the Black side has been championed by such . . .
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Queen's Gambit Accepted (Chessbase)
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The Queens Gambit Accepted is one of the classical openings against 1.d4 and has been (is) part of the repertoire of all World Champions. These days Anand is the top player who most often employs this solid defence. But Kasparov, Shirov and Ivanschuk also occasionally resort to 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4. Schipkov characterizes the opening in the following way. "The Queen's Gambit . . .
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Queen's Gambit with 5.Bf4
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The Queen's Gambit Orthodox is one of the most solid defenses for Black against 1. d4. From White's point of view, the system after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 has enormously gained in adherents and nearly superseded 5. Bg5 in popularity.
In view of fantastic 63% score for the first player, this can hardly be surprising. Rustem Dautov has . . .
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Gary Kasparov Teaches Chess Volume 1: How to Play the ...
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Powered by FRITZ, the world's number 1 ranked computer chess software! This all-new and absolutely unique interactive video features the greatest chess player of all time, Garry Kasparov and the world's most sophisticated chess program, FRITZ.For the first time, Garry Kasparov explains to chess enthusiasts why the Queen's Gambit is one of the most important openings . . .
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The Isolated Queen's Pawn
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The Isolated Queen's Pawn. There are countless openings and lines to a position with an isolated Queens pawn. This is a type of position you just cant avoid, so you have to know how to play it. Reinhold Ripperger presents the basic IQP techniques and manoeuvres, demonstrating strengths and weakness of the isolani in many classical games. The author says: The fact is that in . . .
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Fritz Trainer Opening: Andrew Martin - Queen's Pa...
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Queens Pawn Openings such as the Trompowsky, the London System, the Colle System, the Torre Attack and many others crop up all the time at club level. From time to time they are popular with Grandmasters too! It is essential for players at all levels to have something prepared, or one runs the risk of getting smashed by a standard plan. The players who use these openings usually . . .
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How to Play the Queen's Indian
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With his previous publications (ChessBase-CDs: Budapest Gambit, Bird's Opening, Colle System) the author has already demonstrated, that he is particularly interested in passing on ideas, typical structures and plans. His new work is no exception. But how can that work with such an enormous opening as the Queen's Indian? This is how he goes about things:
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Fritz Trainer: Queens Indian Defence - The Easy Way
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Fritz Trainer: Queens Indian Defence - The Easy Way: After 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 White players often play 3.Nc3 allowing the Nimzo-shop Indian Defence. But what happens if White plays the just as natural 3.Nf3? On this DVD IM Jacob Aagaard follows up on his DVD on the Nimzo to by giving a recommendation based on his own repertoire with the Queens Indian Defence: 3b6. This system is a . . .