Countering The Queen's Gambit - Michael Prusikin (K-6096)

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The Queen’s Gambit is easily the most talked-about chess opening since the immensely popular Netflix TV series of the same name became a hit. The screen adventures of Beth Harmon have inspired thousands to start playing the Royal Game but didn’t offer any information on this highly popular chess opening. This book fills that gap.

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Language versionsEnglish
Author / AuthorsMichael Prusikin
PublisherNew In Chess
Year of Publication1st edition 2022
Pages224
ISBN9789056919986
HardcoverNo
PaperbackYes

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German Grandmaster Michael Prusikin presents a solid but dynamic opening repertoire for Black against the Queen’s Gambit. He wants you to understand rather than memorize what is important. His primary focus is on explaining the relevant pawn structures and the middlegame ideas behind the lines he recommends.

Prusikin deals with every single variation of the Queen’s Gambit in a way that is highly accessible for club players but at the same time surprisingly effective and concise: the Catalan, Tartakower, Carlsbad, London, Colle, Veresov, and all the others. As a bonus, the FIDE Senior Trainer also provides responses to openings such as the Bird, Réti, and Nimzo-Larsen. It may seem unlikely, and yet it is true: in less than 200 pages, Countering the Queen’s Gambit has Black covered for really every first move except 1.e4!

To test your newly acquired insights in the tactical motifs and strategic ideas of the Queen’s Gambit, you are invited to solve 36 exercises in carefully selected key positions from actual games.

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Countering The Queen's Gambit - Michael Prusikin (K-6096)

Countering The Queen's Gambit - Michael Prusikin (K-6096)

The Queen’s Gambit is easily the most talked-about chess opening since the immensely popular Netflix TV series of the same name became a hit. The screen adventures of Beth Harmon have inspired thousands to start playing the Royal Game but didn’t offer any information on this highly popular chess opening. This book fills that gap.

Content

007 Foreword
009 Part I Typical pawn structures and general ideas
010 Chapter 1) The Carlsbad structure
045 Chapter 2) Tartakower structures
071 Part II Queen’s Gambit Theory
072 Chapter 3) Carlsbad theory
081 Chapter 4) The Harrwitz Attack: 4.Bf4 c5!
085 Chapter 5) The 4.Nf3 variation: 4...a6!?
095 Chapter 6) The Tartakower Variation
110 Chapter 7) The Catalan
127 Part III Completing your repertoire
128 Chapter 8) Queen’s pawn games
159 Chapter 9) Other first moves
187 Part IV Final test
188 Chapter 10) Exercises
194 Chapter 11) Solutions to exercises
209 Index of variations
217 Index of names
223 Explanation of symbols

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