The bad news is that playing 1.d4 does not guarantee that you will end up playing the Queen's Gambit on the white side. Your opponent is most likely to answer 1...Nf6 and play the "transposition waiting game" which is a key characteristic of many 1.d4 openings. If you answer 2.c4, the game may end up as a QGD, but it may turn into the Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Indian, King's Indian, etc. The point is that by playing 1.d4 you need to be ready to tackle a whole bunch of openings... Unless you go for something exotic such as the Trompowsky or the Veresov...
Best repertoire book for 1. d4 (Queen's Gambit)
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A good book to look into is playing the queens gambit by Lars Schandorff. This is my favorite opening and I found this book very entertaining with coverage on all qg posibilities. Because there are so many openings ie slav qgd, semi slav, qga, albin counter gambit ect. He doesn't have much time to explain all but does a very good job in doing so. Highly recommended.
Crazychessplaya wrote:
The bad news is that playing 1.d4 does not guarantee that you will end up playing the Queen's Gambit on the white side. Your opponent is most likely to answer 1...Nf6 and play the "transposition waiting game" which is a key characteristic of many 1.d4 openings. If you answer 2.c4, the game may end up as a QGD, but it may turn into the Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Indian, King's Indian, etc. The point is that by playing 1.d4 you need to be ready to tackle a whole bunch of openings... Unless you go for something exotic such as the Trompowsky or the Veresov...
A most useful book is "Strategic Chess:Mastering the Closed Game" by Edmar Mednis.
PeterGreen2 wrote:
Crazychessplaya wrote:
The bad news is that playing 1.d4 does not guarantee that you will end up playing the Queen's Gambit on the white side. Your opponent is most likely to answer 1...Nf6 and play the "transposition waiting game" which is a key characteristic of many 1.d4 openings. If you answer 2.c4, the game may end up as a QGD, but it may turn into the Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Indian, King's Indian, etc. The point is that by playing 1.d4 you need to be ready to tackle a whole bunch of openings... Unless you go for something exotic such as the Trompowsky or the Veresov...
A most useful book is "Strategic Chess:Mastering the Closed Game" by Edmar Mednis.
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Edmar Mednis is highly underrated writer. I wonder why..
Possibly helpful:
A Strategic Chess Opening Repertoire for White by John Watson (2012), Playing 1.d4 by Lars Schandorff (2012), The Kaufman Repertoire for Black & White by Larry Kaufman (2012), and A Cunning Chess Opening Repertoire for White by Graham Burgess (2013).
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627105428/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen161.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626221508/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen162.pdf
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/john-watson-book-review-110-repertoires-in-the-age-of-carlsen
Hello people! I have decided to play 1. d4 Queen's Gambit style, but the problem is that I don't know any lines. I know there's a plethora of responses to the Queen's Gambit, and so that's why I'm thinking about buying a repertoire book that covers 1. d4.
Any recommendations? I have googled Richard Palliser "Play 1. d4!" and John Cox's "Starting out: 1. d4", and the reviews are great, but it seems like the books are old and outdated. Are there any good recent repertoire books for 1. d4?
Is there any way I can learn the Queen's Gambit without repertoire books? I know chessgames.com is great, but I'm at a loss of what lines to choose as White. Any suggestions? Thank you!