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Reply #125 - 06/22/11 at 14:44:05
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Contents/Intro/Excerpt are now up at the Everyman website.  Some initial thoughts/highlights:

1) The excerpt is (very generously) the complete Lasker Variation chapter.
2) 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 cxd5 exd5 5 Bg5 c6 and now 6 e3 Bf5 and 6 Qc2 Be7 7 e3 Nbd7 8 Bd3 Nh5 is the anti-exchange treatment.  Not a bad choice IMO.
3) 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3 Nbd7 as expected
4) 4 g3 dxc4 5 Bg2 Bb4+ 6 Bd2 a5 which will please some here Smiley
5) In the excerpt I noted some Radjabov-Kramnik, Kazan 2011 references so it is up to date as of then.
  
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Reply #124 - 06/11/11 at 12:10:55
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Hi,
will this interesting (for sure) book really appear in July?? Undecided
I really hope so!
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Reply #123 - 06/09/11 at 20:51:22
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Well, the latest update to the Everyman website seems to have the newly included mention of Catalan coverage in this book, so I hope that means it will indeed include a chapter on the Catalan.
Everyman have a horrible habit of changing their release dates, of course (Play the Petroff has suddenly slipped from recently appearing in the 'Coming Soon' section and being due in July, to now being due in 2012!?) but this is the first time I've noticed a significant update to the text in a blurb there. 
  
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Reply #122 - 03/13/11 at 16:42:44
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keerik wrote on 03/13/11 at 16:10:03:
Will he cover Capablanca variation?Any opinions?

If you want that you can do a lot worse than buying Sadler's book on the QGD.
  
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Reply #121 - 03/13/11 at 16:39:38
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keerik wrote on 03/13/11 at 16:10:03:
Will he cover Capablanca variation?Any opinions?


If by Capablanca variation you mean the Orthodox or Classical main line where Black plays ..dxc4, ..Nd5, and later ..e5, then no, he won't cover that.  It's already announced that the book will present a Black repertoire in the Tartakower and Lasker variations.
  
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Reply #120 - 03/13/11 at 16:10:03
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Will he cover Capablanca variation?Any opinions?
  
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Reply #119 - 03/03/11 at 22:09:34
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How about "Depresurizing the Queen's Gambit"?
  
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Reply #118 - 03/03/11 at 21:44:01
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I hope they use the extra time to change the ridiculous title.

  
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Reply #117 - 03/03/11 at 16:13:59
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This book has been delayed, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing. 
Bad for us short term, cause i guess we are all eager to devour the book, soak in the material, enjoy it and post our fritz based extensions and refutations (at least as far as rybka goes) on this forum. 
Good for us long term, as this probably means the book will be better for whatever extras he is planning to include, or edit what he has already written (probs a combination of both). 
Did he already say there was going to be a chapter on the catalan? Perhaps he has decided to include it if he wasn't planning to, or give another side variation as an alternative as well. If this is the reason, then kudos for doing this. The Catalan is annoyingly hard to play for a win against, and even harder to prepare against.
  
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Re: Declining the Queen's Gambit by John Cox
Reply #116 - 03/03/11 at 16:13:21
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I confess I was counting the days to put my hands on the book but no problem whatsoever of waiting for me too. Great authors and great books with great balance of words and theory are like that, because it takes time. In my view, Berlin Wall is the better book so far from QC and if we think about history of chess, Queens Gambit is a very important opening to learn because the development of a chessplayer should naturally progress through stages just as chess has passed through stages in its history! QGA then QGD and so on...once one have served his apprenticeship with the earlier and strategically more simple openings should one venture out to play in the jungles of the later ones.
If it equals or will exceed the quality of "The Berlin Wall" I will buy it twice!! One in chessbase format to keep always in my pocket.  Smiley
It will do a big team with Sam Collins - Know the Terrain, with 7 hours about Carlsbad structure, one of the most important structures to learn! 

Take your time Mr. Cox 


  
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Re: Declining the Queen's Gambit by John Cox
Reply #115 - 03/03/11 at 12:54:46
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JonathanB wrote on 03/01/11 at 12:44:07:

Perhaps I can interest you in a "pressurize" v "pressurise" thread?   


Noooooo!!!

I am not surprised this book is late - John Cox being an extremely conscientious writer. I expect this book will be worth the wait and will exceed the quality of "The Berlin Wall". 

No pressure, Mr. Cox, if you are reading
  
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Reply #114 - 03/03/11 at 12:44:14
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According to http://www.everymanchess.com/chess/books/Declining_the_Queen%27s_Gambit, the date of publication has been postponed to June/July Sad
  
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Re: Declining the Queen's Gambit by John Cox
Reply #113 - 03/01/11 at 12:44:07
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Antillian wrote on 02/02/10 at 19:34:35:
I am not a "thread purist". I don't really care about the occasional wandering in the middle of a thread as long as it doesn't get to the level of the of "pressure" vs. "pressurize" thread. I still have nightmares about that thread.  Angry


Perhaps I can interest you in a "pressurize" v "pressurise" thread?  Wink

As for the book ... any news on it.  Is it on schedule?

  
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Re: Declining the Queen's Gambit by John Cox
Reply #112 - 02/22/11 at 06:39:41
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Yes, I agree. There are many repertoire books on the Catalan for White, but very few for Black. Jangjava is one, but it is a bit variation heavy I think. I find Kotronias book ok, but a bit outdated now.
  
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Re: Declining the Queen's Gambit by John Cox
Reply #111 - 02/22/11 at 01:28:29
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As far as the Catalan goes, I think it is a must especially since there are so many repertoire books around for the catalan, and it's popularity is increasing exponentially.
I think ideally, a book like this would cover both the mainline and a good sideline such as one suggested above; 4...dxc4 5.Bg2 (or Nf3 depending on move order) Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5!?
As for the Repertoire; Someone said that a good idea is to play: 
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 and 3.Nf3 Nf6, since after 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 is a bit annoying, whereas with 3...Ne7 you can sort of avoid that with the alatortsev. This also solves the problem of 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Be7!?

Personally i would love to see the Catalan for Black precisely because there are hardly any repertoire books around (for Black, many for White) that deal with it!
  
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