A World Champion's Repertoire against the Queen's Gambit Declined Klassiker But the book is not

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

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This push will lead the game into turbulent waters where your rapid development

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

A World Champion's Repertoire against the Queen's Gambit Declined Klassiker But the book is notIn 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