Mon premier blog

The Queen's Gambit & Catalan for Black by Lasha Janjgava

The Queen's Gambit & Catalan for Black Lasha Janjgava ebook
Format: pdf
Page: 98
ISBN: 1901983374, 9781901983371
Publisher: Gambit Publications

Nf3 Nf6 I'm ready to play a King's Indian . But I have a big problem with two lines (I suppose because I just love these lines as white, and don't get excited about them as black just yet) Those are the Queen's Gambit declined exchange variation (my usual repertoire choice as it rules out the Cambridge Springs variation) I just dont LOVE black here. 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. The Colle is mainly effective against 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6 and 1 d4 It can be as effective as the famous Catalan Bishop, only nudged along to the dark squares. A sharp Queen's Gambit Declined, transposing into a Catalan, between Alexander Khalifman and Evgeni Sveshnikov, played in Elista in 1996. 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. The Catalan is an attempt to turn the Reti into a pressure opening. Aronian annexes a pawn in a Cambridge Springs Queen's Gambit, but Navara has compensation in his better development. 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. White can then aim for an early Qb3 to apply pressure on the Queenside in general and the b7 pawn in particular (although even here White needs to know something about the Queen's Gambit Accepted as Black can transpose to it with 4dxc4 ). Nf3 Nf6 White can still get his English or Catalan, but now we see the possibility that Black is playing for a Queen's Indian. E4, the Stonewall Attack, or the Colle System. Khalifman vs Sveshnikov – Catalan Opening – Elista, 1996. That is a monster of an opening and you have to be well prepared against it, and it is pretty different from the Queen's gambit declined. Black's problems will occur in the middlegame, which is outside the scope of this series. D4 … The Catalan still looks OK, but now there is a hint of a Queens' Gambit. As a response to the Reti anyway. Anand has an interesting development idea on the Black side of Ponomariov's Catalan. The Georgian GM Lasha Janjgava has produced a fantastic text on the QGD and Catalan for black.