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TN God Member Offline Posts: 3420 Joined: 11/07/08 Gender:	Re: Playing the Queen's Gambit: A Grandmaster Guide Reply #7 - 01/07/09 at 19:51:12	Post Tools	Print Post
	Against the Open Slav, I think Lars recommends 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5. Also, against the QGD, I recall Aagaard saying that Lars would focus on the 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7/Be7 5.Bf4 variation.

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Glenn Snow God Member Offline Posts: 1720 Location: Franklin Joined: 09/27/03 Gender:	Re: Playing the Queen's Gambit: A Grandmaster Guide Reply #6 - 01/07/09 at 19:45:23	Post Tools	Print Post
	rossia wrote on 01/07/09 at 19:22:55: Mr. Aagaard, this book will create repertoire for BLACK or for WHITE? I guess for Black because the book title suggests so. If it were for a Black repertoire wouldn't it read something like, Playing the Queen's Gambit Declined instead of just Playing the Queen's Gambit which includes more variations?


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rossia Senior Member Offline Saw: "Game Over!" Posts: 334 Location: Irkutsk Joined: 09/17/07	Re: Playing the Queen's Gambit: A Grandmaster Guide Reply #5 - 01/07/09 at 19:22:55	Post Tools	Print Post
	Mr. Aagaard, this book will create repertoire for BLACK or for WHITE? I guess for Black because the book title suggests so.


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Stigma God Member Offline There is a crack in everything. Posts: 3265 Joined: 11/07/06 Gender:	Re: Playing the Queen's Gambit: A Grandmaster Guide Reply #4 - 01/07/09 at 19:05:22	Post Tools	Print Post
	drkodos wrote on 01/07/09 at 18:52:43: What I find find amusing though, is the idea that real GM's would need a "repertoire" book in order to create their repertoires. I suspect they do not. To make use of it, yes. To rely upon it? Me? I'm just a fish so I need all the help I can get. I suspect the most ambitious repertoire books particularly from Chess Stars and Quality Chess are useful even for GMs, but what do I know... Isn't it also a truism that nobody should rely on lines from a repertoire book without checking them thoroughly for themselves? With that in mind, I'll leave the forum now and be back in 5 years when I've analyzed all the lines in the new Avrukh book Of course, the most obvious use of a repertoire book for a GM is getting paid to write it
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drkodos God Member Offline I see....stars. Posts: 778 Location: Jupiter, and beyond Joined: 03/29/07	Re: Playing the Queen's Gambit: A Grandmaster Guide Reply #3 - 01/07/09 at 18:52:43	Post Tools	Print Post
	kylemeister wrote on 01/07/09 at 17:46:08: It is certainly possible to combine the QGD and Semi-Slav as Black. It's kind of amusing, though, all the salivating that seems to be occasioned by every new repertoire book that comes down the pike ... Pathos is the word I choose here instead of amusing, but that's just me. I guess I would have to alter it to "pathetic" to really fit the sentence structure properly, though. What I find find amusing though, is the idea that real GM's would need a "repertoire" book in order to create their repertoires. I suspect they do not. To make use of it, yes. To rely upon it? Me? I'm just a fish so I need all the help I can get.

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kylemeister God Member Offline Posts: 4908 Location: USA Joined: 10/24/05	Re: Playing the Queen's Gambit: A Grandmaster Guide Reply #2 - 01/07/09 at 17:46:08	Post Tools	Print Post
	It is certainly possible to combine the QGD and Semi-Slav as Black. It's kind of amusing, though, all the salivating that seems to be occasioned by every new repertoire book that comes down the pike ...


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Stigma God Member Offline There is a crack in everything. Posts: 3265 Joined: 11/07/06 Gender:	Re: Playing the Queen's Gambit: A Grandmaster Guide Reply #1 - 01/07/09 at 17:08:50	Post Tools	Print Post
	From what I undestand Schandorff will cover a WHITE repertoire with the Queen's Gambit. Avrukh mentions in his introduction that Schandorff will cover 3.e4 versus the QGA (therefore Avrukh chose 3.e3!? instead and was very happy with the lines he ended up with). The QGA 3.e4 fits well with the QGD Exchange, so maybe the repertoire will be similar to Ward's "Play the Queen's Gambit" but more detailed. Anyway, check Schandorff's white games with 1.d4 d5 2.c4!

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rossia Senior Member Offline Saw: "Game Over!" Posts: 334 Location: Irkutsk Joined: 09/17/07	Playing the Queen's Gambit: A Grandmaster Guide 01/07/09 at 16:58:42	Post Tools	Print Post
	I saw on amazon.com an announcement for new QUALITY CHESS book written by Denmark GM Lars Schandorff (Elo 2505) about QGD: # Paperback: 256 pages # Publisher: Quality Chess (May 2009) # Language: English Does anyone know which lines will it cover? For me is more importantly to ask if this proposed repertoire can be complemented with Vigorito's "Play the Semi-Slav" which I play? I hope that's possible and even recommendable to combine QGD and Semi-Slav. What do you think guys? ************************************* PS Here are the games played by our author, taken from Chessbase Mega 2008: (400550) Arlandi,Ennio (2300) - Schandorff,Lars (2355) [D37] EU-ch U20 Groningen (12), 1983 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 0–0 6.e3 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.0–0 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Re1 a6 13.Rc1 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Re8 15.Na4 c4 16.Be2 Bb4 17.Bc3 Bd6 18.Bf3 Ne4 19.Bxe4 Rxe4 20.Bd4 Qh4 21.h3 Rae8 22.Nc3 R4e6 23.Qg4 Qxg4 24.hxg4 Bc6 25.Red1 Rb8 26.Rd2 Bb4 27.f3 f6 28.Kf2 a5 29.a3 Bxc3 30.Bxc3 a4 31.Rh1 ½–½ (427017) Fedder,Steen (2420) - Schandorff,Lars (2310) [E05] Politiken Cup 06th Copenhagen (6), 1984 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0–0 6.0–0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Rd1 Be4 11.Qb3 Nc6 12.Bg5 Bd5 13.Qe3 Nb4 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Qd2 Bxa2 16.Nc3 Bd5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.e4 Nb4 19.d5 Re8 20.Rac1 Rc8 21.Bh3 Bd6 22.Qh6 c5 23.dxe6 fxe6 24.e5 Bf8 25.Bxe6+ Rxe6 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Qh3 Rde8 28.Rd1 fxe5 29.Ng5 R6e7 30.Ne4 Bg7 31.Rd7 c4 32.Rxe7 Rxe7 33.Qc8+ Kf7 34.Nd6+ Kg6 35.Qg4+ 1–0 (428979) Gheorghiu,Florin (2505) - Schandorff,Lars (2275) [D58] Berliner Sommer 02nd Berlin West (1), 1984 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 h6 6.Bh4 0–0 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.0–0 Nbd7 10.Qe2 c5 11.Rfd1 Ne4 12.Bg3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 cxd4 14.Nxd4 a6 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Bf5 g6 17.Bxd7 Qxd7 18.Qf3 Rfd8 19.Rd3 Qc7 20.Rad1 Rac8 21.Nce2 Qe5 22.Qf4 Qg7 23.Nc3 b5 24.a3 Bd6 25.Qf3 Be5 26.Nce2 Rc4 27.b4 Qf8 28.Nb3 Ba8 29.Ned4 Rdc8 30.Nc5 Qd6 31.Qg4 Rd8 32.Qe2 Qb6 33.Ndb3 Re8 34.Nd7 Qd6 35.Nxe5 Qxe5 36.Rd4 Rec8 37.Nc5 a5 38.Qd2 Bc6 39.Nb3 axb4 40.axb4 Ra8 41.Na5 Rxd4 42.exd4 Qd6 43.Qxh6 Bd7 44.Qd2 Re8 45.Nb7 Qe7 46.Nc5 Bg4 47.f3 Bf5 48.Kf2 g5 49.g4 Bg6 50.Re1 Qxe1+ 51.Qxe1 Rxe1 52.Kxe1 Kh7 53.Nd7 1–0 (1153818) Berg,Klaus (2420) - Schandorff,Lars (2450) [D31] DEN-ch Ringsted (5), 1995 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 Bb4 5.exd5 exd5 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bd3 0–0 9.0–0 Qa5 10.Qc2 h6 11.Re1 Be6 12.Re5 Qd8 13.Bf5 Bxf5 14.Rxf5 Nbd7 15.Qb3 Qe7 16.Ne5 Qe6 17.Qxe6 fxe6 18.Rf3 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Nd7 20.Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.Be3 Nxe5 22.Bxa7 Nc4 23.Ne4 Nxb2 24.Rb1 Rd8 25.Kf1 Nd3 26.a3 Ra8 27.axb4 Rxa7 28.b5 cxb5 29.Rxb5 Nf4 30.f3 Ra1+ 31.Kf2 Ra2+ 32.Kg3 g5 33.Nxg5 Ne2+ 34.Kg4 hxg5 35.Rxb7 Ra5 36.g3 Rf5 37.Re7 Re5 38.Kh5 Kf8 39.Ra7 Nd4 40.Kg6 Rf5 41.f4 gxf4 42.g4 Rd5 43.Rf7+ Ke8 44.Rxf4 e5 45.Re4 Ke7 46.h4 Rd6+ 47.Kh7 Kf6 48.Re1 Nf3 49.Re4 Re6 50.g5+ Kf5 51.Ra4 Nxh4 52.Rxh4 Kxg5 0–1 (1244661) Lyrberg,Patrik (2415) - Schandorff,Lars (2450) [D43] Politiken Cup 17th Copenhagen (6), 1995 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 g6 10.0–0 Bg7 11.Rc1 Qe7 12.e4 e5 13.d5 Nb6 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Be2 0–0 16.Qc2 Rb8 17.Nd1 Be6 18.Ne3 f5 19.b3 Kh7 20.Bd3 f4 21.Nf5 gxf5 22.exf5 Bxf5 23.Bxf5+ Kh8 24.Be4 Rbc8 25.Qc5 Qe6 26.Rfe1 Rc7 27.Bb1 Re8 28.Re2 Bf6 29.Qc2 Rg8 30.Qf5 Qxf5 31.Bxf5 Re8 32.Nd4 Nd5 33.Kf1 Rg8 34.Nf3 Re8 35.Be4 Rd8 36.Rd2 Rdd7 37.Rdc2 Ne7 38.Ke2 Kg7 39.Rc5 Nd5 40.Bxd5 1–0 (1595379) Bekker Jensen,Simon (2305) - Schandorff,Lars (2505) [D43] Politiken Cup 19th Copenhagen (7), 12.07.1997 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.a3 g6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.0–0 Qd8 12.Qc2 Nf6 13.Ne5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Ng4 15.Bxg6 Qg5 16.Bxf7+ Kxf7 17.h3 Qxe5 18.hxg4 Bxg4 19.Qb3 b6 20.e4 Rhg8 21.f4 Qd4+ 22.Kh2 Qd2 23.Nb1 Qe2 24.Nc3 Qxg2+ 25.Kxg2 Bd1+ 26.Kf2 Bxb3 27.exd5 cxd5 28.Nb5 Rg4 29.Nd4 Bc4 30.Kf3 Rag8 31.Nf5 Kf6 32.Nxh6 Rg3+ 33.Kf2 Rg2+ 34.Ke3 0–1 (2341611) Nielsen,Peter Heine (2585) - Schandorff,Lars (2511) [D37] DEN-ch Nyborg (6), 12.04.2001 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0–0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6 9.Qc2 Qa5 10.Nd2 Be7 11.Bg3 Bd7 12.Be2 Rfc8 13.0–0 Qd8 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Nf3 Be6 16.Rfd1 Nh5 17.Qb3 Na5 18.Qa2 Nxg3 19.hxg3 Bf6 20.Nd4 ½–½ (2341627) Pedersen,Steffen (2463) - Schandorff,Lars (2511) [D58] DEN-ch Nyborg (9), 15.04.2001 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 0–0 7.e3 b6 8.Rc1 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c6 12.Bd3 Re8 ½–½ (2453052) Nilsson,Mattias (2253) - Schandorff,Lars (2551) [D35] SWE-chT 0102 Sweden (1), 12.10.2001 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 c6 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.0–0 0–0 11.h3 Re8 12.Rab1 a5 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Nd7 15.Bf4 Nb6 16.Qc2 Nc4 17.Rbc1 Bg5 18.b3 Nd6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Na4 Bd8 21.Nc5 Rb8 22.a3 h5 23.Qc3 Bc7 24.f4 Qe7 25.Rf3 Bd6 26.b4 axb4 27.axb4 Ra8 28.Rb1 Ra2 29.Nd3 Qf6 30.Rb2 Ra1+ 31.Kh2 Rea8 32.Qc2 R8a3 33.b5 g6 34.bxc6 bxc6 35.Rb6 Ra6 36.Rxa6 Rxa6 37.Ne5 Qe6 38.Qb1 c5 39.Rg3 h4 40.Rg4 Ra3 41.Nxg6 Rxe3 42.Nxh4+ Kh8 43.dxc5 Bxc5 44.Qa1+ f6 45.Qa8+ Kh7 46.Nf5 1–0 (2457487) Sokolov,Ivan (2658) - Schandorff,Lars (2551) [D37] Jonsson mem op Reykjavik (5), 28.10.2001 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Qc2 Na6 6.a3 c5 7.e3 cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 0–0 10.0–0 Nc7 11.Bg5 b6 12.Rad1 Bb7 13.Ne5 Ncd5 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.Qb3 a6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Na4 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Bc6 20.Nc3 f6 21.Re3 Rf7 22.Rde1 Rb8 23.Re6 Qd7 24.h3 g6 25.Qb4 Kg7 26.a4 Rb7 27.Rd6 a5 28.Qa3 Qc8 29.Ree6 Bd7 30.Re3 Bc6 31.Ne2 Rfd7 32.Nf4 Kf7 33.Ree6 Rxd6 34.Qxd6 Bxa4 35.Rxf6+ Kg8 36.Qxd5+ Kg7 37.Qe5 Kg8 38.Nxg6 Qc1+ 39.Kh2 hxg6 40.Rxg6+ Kf8 41.Qh8+ Ke7 42.Qh7+ Kd8 43.Qxb7 1–0 (3618096) Boensch,Uwe (2524) - Schandorff,Lars (2534) [E08] Bundesliga 0607 Germany (2.7), 29.10.2006 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0–0 7.0–0 c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Rd1 b6 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.Ne5 Rc8 12.Nc3 Nh5 13.Be3 Nhf6 14.h3 b5 15.Nxd7 Nxd7 16.c5 a5 17.f4 f5 ½–½**


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