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

As a response to the Reti anyway. Larry Kaufman's The Chess Advantage in Black and White is being updated and re-released by New In Chess! 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. C5, it will look horrible to those new to the Catalan, but plans with Ba5 (once Black's queen's knight has committed to d7) followed by (a3 and) b4 are standard. 4…Be7 The Queen's Gambit Declined. 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. By Lasha Janjgava, Graham Burgess Editorial Reviews About the Author Lasha Janjgava is a grandmaster from Georgia, and President of the Tbilisi Chess Federation. Nf3 Nf6 I'm ready to play a King's Indian . An ancient, solid and interesting opening. Computers don't like his However, according to the Israeli Black wasn't lost yet. I thought that Shakhriyar was choosing between bringing the bishop out to f4 or g5. Kramnik got a nice advantage in a Catalan: “Actually it was my preparation for Kazan; I was about to play it against Radjabov in 2011 but finally for some reason I decided to play something else. 4 Nc-Three: Gambit in the Queen's Gambit: Accepted and Slav by: John L. Seizing control If one wants to see a better handlings of the Queen's Gambit from the Black side, check out Schroer vs Hess from Week 2. After this FM Elliot Liu (2nd Place, 2 Points): In a quiet opening that looked like it was heading for a Catalan-type of position, things suddenly became more double-edged once the Pawn structure changed and FM Zimmer played the creative Pawn sacrifice 13. 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. An unbalanced position occurred and black had an extra pawn, but his king was stuck in the center and queen being harassed after 14. This Queen's Gambit turned tactical early as a volley of trades erupted on the board. Nxf5 would follow if he took Black's Queen by playing 35. Since that time I was In a Queen's Gambit Declined that turned into some sort of Stonewall position, around move 25 Aronian missed a tactic and lost an important pawn. A few of Nf3 heading towards a Catalan setup, hell I even toyed with the idea of playing the Queen's Gambit.