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

The Queen's Gambit & Catalan for Black



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ISBN: 1901983374, 9781901983371
Publisher: Gambit Publications
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A50 Queen's Pawn Game, Black Knights' Tango; A51 Budapest Gambit declined; A52 Budapest Gambit; A53 Old Indian Defence (Chigorin Indian Defence); A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation; A55 Old Indian, Main line; A56 Benoni Defence .. B) 4.b3 - This is not White's most promising variation of the Colle Zukertort. - A poor relative of the Catalan. They played the same line with But whites rook was locked in at a1, and black was active, so things was far from clear - black had strong compensation and it was hard to see how white could get piece play. A common opening sequence is 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2, though the opening can arise from a If black does not know the theory in details, it is easy for white to get advantage. Nf6, so this is the classical starting position for the Queen's Pawn Openings. From move 30 to 39 black with the black pieces. 4 Nc-Three: Gambit in the Queen's Gambit: Accepted and Slav by: John L. 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. Robson invited to the Queens Gambit Declined, but Rasmussen went for the Catalan instead. The IM played active in the Tarrasch Defence of the Queens Gambit and with 20h4 he started action at the K-side. Black can a) 4.dxc5 - This is an attempt to play the Queen's Gambit accepted a tempo up but 4e6 probably gives theoretical equality. Open, Alekhine Variation; E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3; E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line; E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3; E07 Catalan, Closed, 6Nbd7; E08 Catalan, Closed, 7.Qc2; E09 Catalan, Closed, Main line; E10 Queen's Pawn Game 3. The Catalan is a chess opening which can be considered to be White adopting a mixture of the Queen's Gambit and Réti Opening: White plays d4 and c4 and fianchettoes the white bishop on g2. 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. On board 4, Frank Hoffmeister outplayed Johann VandenBusssche (1887) with White in a Catalan set-up. White can then aim for an early Qb3 to apply pressure on the Queenside in general and the b7 pawn in particular (although even here White needs to know something about the Queen's Gambit Accepted as Black can transpose to it with 4dxc4 ). By deviating at this early point White makes sure that the game will be played on his homeground. After 4Nc6 5.Bb2 Bg4 Black is equal. Tom opened up the centre and his superior development was converted into a decisive material advantage making use of a nice cross-pin. The Colle is mainly effective against 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6 and 1 d4 It can be as effective as the famous Catalan Bishop, only nudged along to the dark squares.