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There's a Starting Out book on the QGA, too, by Raetsky; it's a little more user friendly than Rizzitano and as its not a repertoire book gives you options. Some may not feel comfortable with Rizzitano's repertoire against 3e4 (...e5) for example, so Raetsky will provide alternatives, such as 3...Nc6. Having said this, I prefer Semkov's 3rd edition QGA book. It's not as basic as Raetsky but I like it best of the four QGA books I own for its overall breadth and depth of coverage, plus its honesty - some other QGA books don't appear to tell you things as directly (bluntly?) as Semkov's. I felt, for example, that Chris Ward's older QGA book seemed a little skewed in favour of White despite not being a repertoire book, but then if you read Ward's 'Play the Queens Gambit' he advocates 3.e4 as his favourite line again there and seems to believe it's the critical response to the QGA, going to some lengths to support this. It may well be hard to face (I dislike it more than other White moves) but I'm not certain it's White's best. Anyway, that aside, there is a good choice of QGA books for all levels.
I also have all the QGD books, and Sadler is the one I'd keep if I had to have just one. I'm re-reading it again now, actually, having read it 8 years ago and learnt an awful lot from it. I'm learning new things again now. Rizzitano has also recently written a QGD book which seems very good, although I've yet to do more than skim read it. I didn't really like Janjgava; I have no use for it at my level, it's too variation-dense. McDonald is a nice basic read, a primer before settling into the Sadler book, perhaps.
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What are the best books on the QGA & QGD? (Read 14116 times)
