8/20/2023 0 Comments Keep it simple d4![]() As our main opening weapon for White we have chosen the closed openings arising after 1.d2-d4, in which an understanding of chess and a knowledge of the typical resources in the middle game and the endgame are often much more important than a detailed knowledge of a large number of variations. It is still not widely known in the West, despite the efforts of, for instance, Mel Brooks, who made a film adaptation of it in 1970. * Ostap Bender is the picaresque hero of the hugely popular Russian comic novel “The Twelve Chairs” (1928) by Ilf and Petrov. Therefore, we have decided not to cover the favourite opening move of Ostap Bender * – 1.e2-e4. ![]() ![]() However, most players, including the author, have no inclination to devote all their time to studying opening variations. This is particularly difficult when you play with White, since you need to be well prepared against all of Black’s possible responses. PREFACE Sooner or later every chess player faces the problem of building his or her opening repertoire. The Queen’s Gambit by Schandorff, Quality Chess 2012 The Complete Slav Book 1 by Sakaev, St Peterburg 2012 The French Defence Reloaded by Vitiugov, Chess Stars 2012 The Meran & Anti-Meran Variations by Dreev, Chess Stars 2011 The Tarrasch Defence, by Aagaard and Ntrilis, Quality Chess 2011 The Queen’s Gambit Accepted by Raetsky and Chetverik, Moscow 2009 Grandmaster Repertoire 1.d4, volume one, by Avrukh, Quality Chess 2008 The Queens Gambit Accepted by Sakaev and Semkov, Chess Stars 2008 Electronic/Periodicals 64-Chess Review (Moscow) Chess Informant New in chess Yearbook Correspondence Database 2013 Mega Database 2013 Sofia ISBN13: 9 93-7īibliography Books A Strategic Chess Opening Repertoire for White by Watson, Gambit 2012 Playing 1.d4. Cover design by: Kalojan Nachev Copyright © Alexei Kornev 2013 Printed in Bulgaria by “Chess Stars” Ltd. Slav Defence 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 18) The Winawer Counter-gambit 3.e5 19) 3.dxc4Ģ0) 3.Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 4.Bg4 21) The Chebanenko variation 3.Nf6 4.e3 a6 22) The Schlechter variation 3.Nf6 4.e3 g6 23) 3.Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 24) Black avoids the main lines of the Meran variation 3.Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4 6.Bd6 25) The Meran variation 3.Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 Swipe left for next chapterĪ Practical White Repertoire with 1.d4 and 2.c4 Volume 1: The Complete Queen’s Gambit Chess Stars Technical Editor: IM Sergey Soloviov Translation by: GM Evgeny Ermenkov The publishers would like to thank Phil Adams for advice regarding the English translation. Black avoids the QGD 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 8) 3.Bb4 9) 3.dxc4 10) The Schara-Hennig Gambit 3.c5 4.cxd5 cxd4 11) The Tarrasch Defence 3.c5 4.cxd5 exd5 12) The Semi-Tarrasch Defence 3.Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 Part 4. Black avoids the main lines 1.d4 d5 2.c4 1) 2.c5 2) 2.Bf5 3) The Chigorin Defence 2.Nc6 4) The Albin Counter-gambit 2.e5 Part 2.
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