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

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

A common opening sequence is 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 ECO codes E01-E09 are for the Catalan. 4…Be7 The Queen's Gambit Declined. The Catalan is a chess opening which can be considered to be White adopting a mixture of the Queen's Gambit and Réti Opening: White plays d4 and c4 and fianchettoes the white bishop on g2. Black's problems will occur in the middlegame, which is outside the scope of this series. An ancient, solid and interesting opening. E4, the Stonewall Attack, or the Colle System. Grandmaster Sadler explains the key ideas behind the Queen's Gambit Declined, one of Black's most dependable responses to the queen's pawn. 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. 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. I thought that Shakhriyar was choosing between bringing the bishop out to f4 or g5. Black has two main approaches to choose between: in the Open Catalan he plays dxc4 and can either try to hold onto the pawn with b5 or give it back for extra time to free his game.