{"product_id":"the-modernized-queens-gambit-declined-a-dynamic-repertoire-for-black-9789464201970","title":"The Modernized Queen's Gambit Declined: A Dynamic Repertoire for Black","description":"\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe history of the Queen's Gambit is\u003cbr\u003econnected with the very beginnings of modern chess. \u003cp\u003eThe opening being cited in\u003cbr\u003ethe earliest published books on the science game, such as the Göttingen manuscript\u003cbr\u003e(1490) and the books of Ruy Lopez (1561) and Salvio (1604). The so-called\u003cbr\u003eQueen's Gambit Declined - or refused - is, together with the Slav, the main\u003cbr\u003edefense in the universe of Queenside openings, and shares with the\u003cbr\u003eaforementioned defense a well earned reputation for being a reliable and very\u003cbr\u003esolid scheme. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo make a book considering each and every\u003cbr\u003epossibility arising from the opening position of the Queen's Gambit Declined is\u003cbr\u003ea cyclopean task that would demand many volumes like the present one. \u003cp\u003eInstead, the author's aim was to present a simpler repertoire, with no more than one or two\u003cbr\u003evariation options for each important position (in the latter case we presented a more positional and a more aggressive line, although in many cases\u003cbr\u003ethese boundaries are blurred). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe last section of the book is devoted to the other possible schemes\u003cbr\u003estarting from different white moves on their third or fourth move. Here the\u003cbr\u003echapters on the Catalan order 3.g3, which is among the fashionable lines at the\u003cbr\u003emaster level, and the move 4.e3 (preceded by a knight move to the third rank)\u003cbr\u003eare highlighted. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach section presented here is composed of\u003cbr\u003eseveral chapters in which theory is developed with an emphasis on the most\u003cbr\u003emodern choices in practice. At the end of each chapter the author presented analyzed\u003cbr\u003egames that expose the most common ideas in middlegames. \u003cp\u003eWe hope that by the end\u003cbr\u003eof reading this material the reader will not only have incorporated some new\u003cbr\u003eideas into his repertoire - and perhaps changed the idea that the Queen's\u003cbr\u003eGambit Declined is a passive defense - but also have contributed to his general\u003cbr\u003eknowledge of chess. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thinkers Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50398526767378,"sku":"9789464201970","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_417463a3-144a-42c7-ab23-47f84ea697b1.jpg?v=1729071536","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-modernized-queens-gambit-declined-a-dynamic-repertoire-for-black-9789464201970","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}