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

The Queen's Gambit & Catalan for Black



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ISBN: 1901983374, 9781901983371
Page: 98
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Publisher: Gambit Publications


An attempt to force the exchange on c3, which will reduce black's presence in the centre, and moreover… if white takes with the b2 pawn then the d4 point will be significantly strengthened. 4…Be7 The Queen's Gambit Declined. I thought that Shakhriyar was choosing between bringing the bishop out to f4 or g5. Tom opened up the centre and his superior development was converted into a decisive material advantage making use of a nice cross-pin. Tom Wiley on board 2 faced the Queen's gambit accepted from Stefan Bruynooghe (2072) with a somewhat unusual development of Black's bishop to d6. On board 4, Frank Hoffmeister outplayed Johann VandenBusssche (1887) with White in a Catalan set-up. An ancient, solid and interesting opening. €�It's actually pretty difficult to prepare for me because you don't The underdog Christiansen promised to bring the fight to top-rated Kamsky, but after 75 moves of creative play, Kamsky liquidated the last of black's drawing chances. The Georgian GM Lasha Janjgava has produced a fantastic text on the QGD and Catalan for black. D4, including a Queen's Gambit Accepted, Catalan, Pirc, Benoni, and another King's Indian in 2008. In recent years, Krush has trotted out a variety of defenses to Zatonskih's 1. C5, it will look horrible to those new to the Catalan, but plans with Ba5 (once Black's queen's knight has committed to d7) followed by (a3 and) b4 are standard.