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

The Georgian GM Lasha Janjgava has produced a fantastic text on the QGD and Catalan for black. Seizing control If one wants to see a better handlings of the Queen's Gambit from the Black side, check out Schroer vs Hess from Week 2. The classic main line A quieter alternative to 5 Qb3 and 5 g3 is the transposition to the Exchange Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined with 5 cxd5 exd5. Now, interested in the Queen's Gambit Declined as Black, I find the opening worth studying. I thought that Shakhriyar was choosing between bringing the bishop out to f4 or g5. 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. 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 .. After this FM Elliot Liu (2nd Place, 2 Points): In a quiet opening that looked like it was heading for a Catalan-type of position, things suddenly became more double-edged once the Pawn structure changed and FM Zimmer played the creative Pawn sacrifice 13. The move 5 Qb3 hopes to improve on 5 e3 by defending against Black winning a pawn by 5…dxc4 followed by 6…b5, while at the same time not blocking in his queen's bishop. An ancient, solid and interesting opening. An attempt to force the exchange on c3, which will reduce black's presence in the centre, and moreover… if white takes with the b2 pawn then the d4 point will be significantly strengthened. 4…Be7 The Queen's Gambit Declined. White will either follow up with Bg5 or Bf4, or aim for a Catalan-like formation with g3, without gambiting a pawn. The Queen's Gambit & Catalan for BlackEbook Free DownloadThe Queen's Gambit & Catalan for Black. Nxf5 would follow if he took Black's Queen by playing 35.