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

Tom Wiley on board 2 faced the Queen's gambit accepted from Stefan Bruynooghe (2072) with a somewhat unusual development of Black's bishop to d6. Grunfeld, Catalan (some lines), Pawn structure, kingside fianchetto. 4 Nc-Three: Gambit in the Queen's Gambit: Accepted and Slav by: John L. An ancient, solid and interesting opening. Now, interested in the Queen's Gambit Declined as Black, I find the opening worth studying. Queen's Gambit Accepted, Petroff, Pawn structure, open game. 'I think the perception of the Queen's Gambit Declined as a stodgy response for Black is quite unfounded and I think the Queen's Gambit Declined for Black is about to experience a revival'. 4…Be7 The Queen's Gambit Declined. He present a repertoire for Black based on the initial moves 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5 Nbd7 The GM Lars Schandorff: Five variations of the QGD; Open and Closed Catalan IM Sam Collins: QGD Semi-Tarrasch and four variations of the Slav Defence. A few of Nf3 heading towards a Catalan setup, hell I even toyed with the idea of playing the Queen's Gambit. Larry Kaufman's The Chess Advantage in Black and White is being updated and re-released by New In Chess! On board 4, Frank Hoffmeister outplayed Johann VandenBusssche (1887) with White in a Catalan set-up. Tom opened up the centre and his superior development was converted into a decisive material advantage making use of a nice cross-pin. I thought that Shakhriyar was choosing between bringing the bishop out to f4 or g5. 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.