320 pages - hardback Teaser The Modernized Janowski Variation – The QGD Redefined – Alexey Kovalchuk The Janowski Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined arises after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6. Black plays …a6 to prepare the queenside expansion …b5, aiming to challenge White’s c4 pawn and gain space. The idea was introduced by the Polish-French…
620 pages - hardback Teaser The Queen’s Gambit Declined - A Dynamic Repertoire for Black - Louis Rodi The history of the Queen's Gambit is connected with the very beginnings of modern chess, the opening being cited in the earliest published books on the science of the game, such as the Göttingen manuscript (1490) and the books of…