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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
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By: MarinFan
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D56: Computer's 7...a6 in QGD Orthodox Variation.
Hi, I've recently run into the position that can arise after the following moves several times in correspondence games:
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 a6?/?!
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[pgn]1.d4 d5 2

Started 08/12/11 at 00:14:33 by Smyslov_Fan
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By: kylemeister
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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 5610 Last Post 10/02/24 at 17:42:30
By: FreeRepublic
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Queen's Gambit... exchange and black is lost!
All the books of opening theory suggest exchange variation against the QGD (so it must be very strong and easy to play) . Super GM begin their games as if they are going to play Nimzo and only once 3....

Started 12/10/16 at 18:12:32 by Pingudon
4 4925 Last Post 12/11/16 at 11:51:18
By: GMTonyKosten
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The Ragozin QGD
You know, I like these forums a lot, but there doen't seem to be a great deal of variety of openings discussed (for instance, here it's mainly Slavs).  Anyway, I'd like to know if there're any new ide...

Started 02/19/06 at 21:14:26 by ErictheRed
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By: Holbox
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ChessPublishing.com 10th Anniversary Theory Comp
To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the start of ChessPublishing.com we have decided to hold another theoretical competition, along the lines of Stefan Buecker's previous ones on the ChessPub.com For...

Started 09/26/09 at 00:54:44 by GMTonyKosten
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By: GMTonyKosten
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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
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By: AM (Guest)
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Ragozin?
I'm thinking of branching from the Tarrasch--I've got a lot of draws from higher rated players, but I don't feel like I am getting any real winning chances from it.
The Semi-slav and Nimzo seem t...

Started 05/07/08 at 01:24:59 by browniesbane
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By: MNb
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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
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By: Chess_Addict
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Panczyk/Ilczuk on QGD Vienna
Everyman has announced a new book for Summer 2018:
Queen´s Gambit Declined : Vienna   by Panczyk/Ilczuk
~400 pages , 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 Bb4 5 Bg5 dc4
Nice cover: https://www.everymanch...

Started 03/19/18 at 14:50:20 by tracke
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By: FreeRepublic
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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 6028 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
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By: drkodos
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Vienna
1.d4 d4 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bxc4!?
Ruslan has annotated a couple of games in this line recently.  Is it experiencing a renaissance as a way of posing Black some problems in th...

Started 11/24/07 at 00:24:03 by HgMan
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By: HgMan
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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 21907 Last Post 07/12/06 at 21:18:54
By: Dragan Glas
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Early c5 in Tartakower
The opening of today's game in Qatar by Kramnik caught my eye. Actually he played it last year in Qatar as well and a handful of his elite colleagues have been giving it a try. 
With the first ga...

Started 12/24/15 at 13:43:46 by RdC
2 3365 Last Post 01/06/16 at 14:41:34
By: TN
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Cambridge Springs Defense
Is this still viable? Anyone know who the top players are who play this on a regular basis? Any theory changing novelties in the past few years? 
The only point of reference I have on this line i...

Started 03/29/11 at 05:14:37 by Reverse
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By: FreeRepublic
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New option for black (D50)
I ran across the game Benjamin-Nabaty, a speed game played in December 2020. It was selected and annotated by GM Glenn Flear for ChessPublishing. The opening sequence is one that I have never seen bef...

Started 01/12/22 at 23:11:05 by FreeRepublic
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By: FreeRepublic
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Tartakower QGD
Hello everybody,
I have a quick (and probably naive) question regarding the QGD Tartakower variation.  As I've tried to choose my response as black to d4, I have looked through a couple of books ...

Started 07/30/04 at 17:13:06 by Scott Rex (Guest)
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By: slates
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Ragozin for white: Carlsen & Dreev play Qa4+
Hi!
I was just looking up alternatives to the move order:
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cd5
and came across the relatively rare 5.Qa4!?  I had thought such an approach was hamfisted, but I saw Dreev and Carl...

Started 08/29/09 at 14:34:31 by Smyslov_Fan
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By: kylemeister
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Interesting Lasker's Defence Analysis
I figured I'd share this with any of you who haven't seen it; it looks like a pretty good web article on a Lasker's Defence based repertoire.  It's made me interested enough to want to give it a try!<...

Started 12/25/07 at 22:16:33 by ErictheRed
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By: MarinFan
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