A World Champion's Repertoire against the Queen's Gambit Declined Klassiker board length 51cm

board length 51cm

But the book is not just about him – 13 personalities of chess are examined to show there can still be celebrated successes in old age

and ending with positions where even top grandmasters had difficulty finding the right move on the board (a good opportunity to test your skills and discover the beauty of hidden combinations)

or to figure out where you're going wrong with your games

and devise plans for exploiting them to the full

A World Champion's Repertoire against the Queen's Gambit Declined Klassiker board length 51cmIn the 1950s, World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik made the Exchange Variation in the Queen's Gambit Declined a dangerous weapon. Moving the knight to e2 and castle short was revolutionary at the time. Previously, White played his knight to f3 to launch a minority attack on the queenside later, or placed the knight to e2 to castle long and launch a pawn storm on the kingside. Later, Garry Kasparov followed in the footsteps of his mentor Botvinnik and