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Why does QGD score so poorly?
Hi everyone,
I'm wondering why the venerable QGD, often referred to as rock solid, shows such dismal statistics for black in nearly every line.  Often, black doesn't even win 15% of the games and...

Started 05/09/06 at 03:34:08 by Scott Rex(Guest) (Guest)
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15 8795 Last Post 10/10/24 at 05:55:28
By: an ordinary chessplayer
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Can we have some coverage of this variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 dxc4.
It's not covered in any of the updates or the pdf ebooks.

Started 10/14/17 at 16:12:28 by befuddled
1 2675 Last Post 10/14/17 at 17:27:40
By: BadDays
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Has anyone heard about the Tartakower defence?
I remember that Karpov, Nigel Short even Kasparov and Fischer use to play the Tartakower and they got excellent results with it. What happened after that? Isn't the Tartakower good anymore? Was it ref...

Started 05/05/08 at 01:53:47 by Pingudon
11 9414 Last Post 05/20/08 at 18:10:06
By: kylemeister
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Cambridge Springs
I have a reasonable book by Gambit on the Cambridge-Springs. This defence looks like an alternative to the very complex and theoretical Bg5 semi-slav.
However, if after Nbd7 by black, white plays...

Started 05/17/05 at 14:05:13 by Fernando Semprun
9 6020 Last Post 05/23/05 at 22:04:13
By: TopNotch
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Tartakover Variation - best ressources?
Hey Folks, 
there have been quite a few publishments on the Tartakover in recent times: 
- GM Demuth: The Solid Queen's Gambit Declined 
- GM Schandorff: Schandorff’s Complete Repertoir...

Started 07/18/24 at 21:36:02 by Tauromachie
2 615 Last Post 07/21/24 at 12:08:14
By: cathexis
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cambridge springs
My next opponent plays cambridge springs; nowadays it´s played quite seldom, so I´m not familiar with the current theory, for example NCO evaluates this line between "=" and unclear.
--> any hint...

Started 09/28/10 at 19:36:51 by gewgaw
10 9661 Last Post 10/03/10 at 20:04:35
By: Markovich
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Orthodox QGD ("Semi-Slav Declined"): 5. Bg5 Be7
I've always wondered about the line 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 (Semi-Slav Declined?!), which is a current favourite of M. Gurevich and popular at club level. imho this line has ...

Started 05/18/06 at 02:32:02 by lnn2
7 6206 Last Post 05/20/06 at 05:45:41
By: lnn2
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Tartakower Defense
I was at a used book shop and came across a work by a J. Konikowski entitled Queens Gambit Tartakower System. A rather old work but I picked it up since this defense has always intrigued me. I'M rathe...

Started 09/20/06 at 04:40:27 by Buzz
11 13633 Last Post 10/13/06 at 02:36:02
By: Pingudon
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Cambridge Spring still sound?
Hi chess friends. I am playing the semislav but I fear the Botvinnik and the antimoscow variations, so I am planning to face Bg5 with the Cambridge Spring. But I am concerned because very few people p...

Started 10/16/06 at 23:58:47 by Pingudon
5 5426 Last Post 11/02/06 at 17:41:18
By: Dji
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Queen's Gambit Declined move order question
I have seen two move orders for reaching the Orthodox QGD
a) 1 d4 d5  2 c4 e6  3 Nc3 Nf6  4 Nc3 Be7  5 Bg5 h6
b) 1 d4 d5  2 c4 e6  3 Nc3 Nf6  4 Nc3 Be7  5 Bg5 00  6 e3 h6
Can anybody ex...

Started 06/25/11 at 08:51:02 by snakebite
4 5839 Last Post 08/06/11 at 20:11:47
By: Keano
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Ragozin
Picking up on a suggestion by Inn2 and others, I'm thinking about taking up the Ragozin to accompany the Nimzo-Indian against 1.d4.  In addition to the ebooks here, can anyone recommend key literature...

Started 11/23/07 at 02:33:47 by HgMan
9 5728 Last Post 12/27/07 at 13:52:26
By: drkodos
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Does 7...Nbd7 in the QGD have a name?
I mean in the position where Black normally chooses between 7...Ne4 (Lasker) or 7...b6 (Tartakower/TMB system). 
The closest I have come to finding a name is in Matthew Sadler's QGD book where he...

Started 02/28/16 at 23:49:10 by Methodchess
5 5403 Last Post 10/02/24 at 17:42:30
By: FreeRepublic
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Cambridge Springs 7Bxf6
Can someone point me to what the recent theory is on 7 Bxf6 in the Cambridge Springs please? GM Shankland recommends this system for black in his recent chessable course but doesnt cover this line whi...

Started 05/19/20 at 06:45:24 by Krudos
4 2723 Last Post 04/06/21 at 20:21:36
By: RoleyPoley
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Be2, Bxf6, cxd in Tartakower
I find the Tartakower defence annoying when I, as White, take immediately on d5 after ...b6. I see the latest from the top-GMs, with most success for White, is to play 8.Be2, and then, after Bb7, to t...

Started 01/06/24 at 10:58:52 by Frankly
6 1452 Last Post 08/26/24 at 09:29:10
By: MarinFan
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Ragozin/Manhattan 5.Bg5 Nbd7
Hey, do any of you guys have "The Ragozin Complex" by Barsky and knows if he covers 5...Nbd7 in it? This Line seems to not get much attention in general, do you know why?

Started 05/13/20 at 13:55:39 by mxstoe
13 4751 Last Post 04/06/24 at 13:58:33
By: FreeRepublic
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Anyway to get White advantage in this line?
1.d4 d5
2.c4 e6
3.Nf3 Nf6
4.Bg5 Be7
5.e3 h6
6.Bh4 Nbd7
7.Nc3 dxc4(?! I always thought that it is bad to allow White to develop his bishop in 1 move)
8.Bxc4 a6
9...

Started 12/26/10 at 14:45:07 by sssthepro
8 6262 Last Post 01/02/11 at 14:44:30
By: sssthepro
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QGD Tartakower
Hello,
I was wondering what could be considered the main line in the Tartakower nowadays. I have the Opening for White according to Kramnik book and it advices to play 11.0-0 (after 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4...

Started 03/25/06 at 16:01:32 by Joris_Pelemans
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25 21197 Last Post 07/12/06 at 21:18:54
By: Dragan Glas
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Lasker Defense
Just a request for GM Scherbakov to update his excellent survey of the Lasker Defense from 9/04.
Also, if anyone regular places the Lasker, let's start a thread on it: 1 d4 d5; 2 c4 e6; 3 Nc3 Be7...

Started 03/12/05 at 12:12:47 by cma6
5 4106 Last Post 04/12/05 at 02:05:44
By: AM (Guest)
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Tartakower against 5. Bf4?
The theory on 5. Bf4 mostly focuses on either the 6...Nbd7 or 6...c5 lines. Pardon my ignorance but why isn't the tartakower setup (1. d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 b6) played more ...

Started 02/04/05 at 08:30:09 by lnn2
11 6273 Last Post 03/26/24 at 18:44:07
By: H-HH
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Suspect line in Cambridge-Springs
Hi guys! Was reading Panczyk & Ilczuk (hope got the names right!) and saw a suspect variation (although played by the likes of Reti, RUbinstein, Teichman, Ljubojevic, Smagin et al,): 
1. d4 d5 2....

Started 07/05/08 at 14:25:16 by Chess_Addict
0 1898 Last Post 07/05/08 at 14:25:14
By: Chess_Addict
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