A World Champion's Repertoire against the Queen's Gambit Declined mix plastik Taylor examines in depth all

Taylor examines in depth all the critical main lines

At the end of each chapter you will find practical conclusions

His "Fundamental Chess Endings" (with Frank Lamprecht) won the British Chess Federation Book of the Year Award

Caruana loves to find and use the tactics to punish Black for risky choices

Chapter 9 - Var

A World Champion's Repertoire against the Queen's Gambit Declined mix plastik Taylor examines in depth allIn the 1950s, World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik made the Exchange Variation in the Queen's Gambit Declined a dangerous weapon. Moving the knight to e2 and castle short was revolutionary at the time. Previously, White played his knight to f3 to launch a minority attack on the queenside later, or placed the knight to e2 to castle long and launch a pawn storm on the kingside. Later, Garry Kasparov followed in the footsteps of his mentor Botvinnik and