Starting Out: Queen's Gambit Declined

Starting Out: Queen's Gambit Declined

The Queenâ€™s Gambit Declined is an opening of great historical importance and Blackâ€™s fundamental answer to 1 d4. From the very first move Black obtains a firm foothold in the centre, something that White finds extremely hard to undermine. Indeed, Black often bases his entire strategy around this control. The soundness of the Queenâ€™s Gambit Declined has never been in question, and its supporters at the highest level include a long list of Grandmasters headed by Kasparov, Kramnik, Karpov and Short, as well as many World Champions from the past.

This book is a further addition to Everymanâ€™s best-selling Starting Out series, which has been acclaimed for its original approach to tackling chess openings. Neil McDonald goes back to the basics of the Queenâ€™s Gambit Declined, introducing the keymoves and ideas, and taking care to explain the reasoning behind them â€“something that is often neglected or taken for granted in other texts. In this user-friendly guide, the reader is helped throughout by an abundance of notes, tips and warnings highlighting the vital characteristics of the Queenâ€™s Gambit Declined and of opening play in general. Starting Out: Queenâ€™s Gambit Declined is a perfect guide for improving players orfor those new to this opening.

* Detailed coverage of a classic chess opening
* Written by a Queenâ€™s Gambit Declined expert
* All the main lines are covered
Country USA
Manufacturer Everyman Chess
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-05-30
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Everyman Chess
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-05-30
Format	Kindle eBook

Starting Out: Queen's Gambit Declined

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