{"product_id":"the-modernized-queens-gambit-declined-9789464201970","title":"The Modernized Queens Gambit Declined","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\n\n\n\nThe history of the Queen''s Gambit is\nconnected with the very beginnings of modern chess. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe opening being cited in\nthe earliest published books on the science game, such as the Göttingen manuscript\n(1490) and the books of Ruy Lopez (1561) and Salvio (1604). The so-called\nQueen''s Gambit Declined - or refused - is, together with the Slav, the main\ndefense in the universe of Queenside openings, and shares with the\naforementioned defense a well earned reputation for being a reliable and very\nsolid scheme.\n\n\n\n\n\nTo make a book considering each and every\npossibility arising from the opening position of the Queen''s Gambit Declined is\na cyclopean task that would demand many volumes like the present one. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, the author''s aim was to present a simpler repertoire, with no more than one or two\nvariation options for each important position (in the latter case we presented a more positional and a more aggressive line, although in many cases\nthese boundaries are blurred). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe last section of the book  is devoted to the other possible schemes\nstarting from different white moves on their third or fourth move. Here the\nchapters on the Catalan order 3.g3, which is among the fashionable lines at the\nmaster level, and the move 4.e3 (preceded by a knight move to the third rank)\nare highlighted.\n\n\n\n\n\nEach section presented here is composed of\nseveral chapters in which theory is developed with an emphasis on the most\nmodern choices in practice. At the end of each chapter the author presented analyzed\ngames that expose the most common ideas in middlegames. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe hope that by the end\nof reading this material the reader will not only have incorporated some new\nideas into his repertoire - and perhaps changed the idea that the Queen''s\nGambit Declined is a passive defense - but also have contributed to his general\nknowledge of chess.\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thinkers Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52091877425495,"sku":"9789464201970","price":28.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-modernized-queens-gambit-declined-9789464201970","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}