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The Queen's Gambit & Catalan for Black Lasha Janjgava
Publisher: Gambit Publications

Sure, Black can deviate, for example with 3a6, forcing you into some Queen's Gambit Accepted lines, but these are more manageable than the whole of QGA theory after 3. E4, the Stonewall Attack, or the Colle System. 7) King's Indian 8) Nimzo-Indian/Queen's Indian/Catalan 9) Queen's Gambit Declined 10) Queen's Gambit Accepted. In this volume, GM Marian Petrov, Black must certainly be well prepared, but the workload is less than for most aggressive defences – this book supplies all Black needs to know.” Let me see if the words put on the But hey… after all you consider playing the Benoni, not the Queen's Gambit Declined. I would like to present you a complete repertoire for black against 1.d4 based on the Queen's Gambit Declined (QGD) and to share my thoughts and ideas with you! It is generally known that in the closed openings, such as the Queen's Gambit, Black's Main problem is the development of the Queen's Bishop. Catalan Opening Part 3 ( 8 --- Nd5). 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 .. 2) Do we really need to do “King's Indian”, “Queen's Indian”, “Nimzo-Indian” (Which should be paired with QID) and “Queen's Gambit Declined”, and then tack on a Black vs 1.d4 Repertoire? I find that most players in my club mistake the French Defence as a passive, boring defence much like the Caro-Kann but with the added disadvantage of Black's light-squared bishop being hemmed in (which as Korchnoi so lovingly puts it,"his problem child") and remaining Instead, the Ruy Lopez (Anand, Kramnik), the Catalan (Kramnik), Petroff (Kramnik), the Slav/Semi-Slav/Queen's Gambit Declined (Anand, Leko, Kramnik, Topalov) are the rage these days. 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. After all they deal with topical openings and sometimes even bring old-fashioned openings back to life (i.e. As a response to the Reti anyway. Opening Cox also demonstrates how to play against White's other tries, including the Exchange Variation, Catalan and Bf4 lines. This book provides a repertoire for Black with the ever-popular Queen's Gambit Declined. Black's problems will occur in the middlegame, which is outside the scope of this series. The Catalan is an attempt to turn the Reti into a pressure opening. 3, that the chief virtue of the All Purpose System for Black was that it could be played not only against the Queen's Gambit but also against any opening at all except 1. All theoretical explainations are also available on youtube! Nf3 Nf6 I'm ready to play a King's Indian . 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. Nf3 I personally play Nf6 and leave almost all options open (except the Dutch Defense) but again, d5-e6 is a universal prescription, if you're not afraid to play the Black side of the Queen's Gambit. This is my preferred method of meeting it, but one also has to know the Black side of the Catalan fairly well so as not to get caught up in positions you do not know.