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

Sure, Black can deviate, for example with 3a6, forcing you into some Queen's Gambit Accepted lines, but these are more manageable than the whole of QGA theory after 3. Nf3 Nf6 I'm ready to play a King's Indian . 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. I didn't think the endgame presented . 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. As a response to the Reti anyway. He tried 15.Ng3 and after 15…Qe6, traded on e6 as retreating would allow 16…d5 with equality. He said the main reason was that he had prepared mostly for the Queen's Gambit Declined (he plays the Catalan) and that he hadn't really spent much time on the Slav. 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. 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. Ebook Download | The Queen's Gambit & Catalan for Black | This is a very good GAMBIT chess book, that presents a repertoire for Black for QGD and the Catalan. Black can also respond to 15.Ne3 with 15…Ne7, clearing the way for …Qb5 as well and covering the soft d5- and f5-squares. Computers don't like his However, according to the Israeli Black wasn't lost yet. Grunfeld, Catalan (some lines), Pawn structure, kingside fianchetto. Queen's Gambit Accepted, Petroff, Pawn structure, open game.