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Re: Declining the Queen's Gambit by John Cox
Reply #20 - 02/03/10 at 11:16:57
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Don't know... looks like a book that quite a few people were waiting for.
  
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Looks pretty much like an advertisement to me: link to Everyman website with a copy-paste job of the blurb. I wouldn´t have any problem if the moderator decides to delete this thread.
  
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Re: Declining the Queen's Gambit by John Cox
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Keano wrote on 02/02/10 at 16:22:30:
notyetagm wrote on 02/02/10 at 06:04:56:
http://www.everymanchess.com/chess/books/Declining_the_Queen%27s_Gambit

This book provides a repertoire for Black with the ever-popular Queen's Gambit Declined. Opening expert John Cox covers not one but two key options for Black. The Tartakower Variation is a sophisticated defence used successfully by world champions such as Kasparov, Karpov and Kramnik. The Lasker Variation is an easy-to-learn and reliable option devised by one of the legends of the game. Cox also demonstrates how to play against White's other tries, including the Exchange Variation and Bf4 lines. He explains in detail the typical plans and tactics adopted by both sides, whilst also tackling the tricky subject of move-order possibilities.

    * A repertoire for Black against the Queen's Gambit
    * Provides answers to all of White’s main options
    * Ideal for improvers, club players and tournament players

Published February 2011 EU, January 2011 US | ISBN 9781857446404
Format Paperback, 192 pages


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Re: Declining the Queen's Gambit by John Cox
Reply #16 - 02/03/10 at 02:42:59
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Whilst/while we discuss the usage/misusage of 'whilst', I have a feeling that Cox will avoid the main line Exchange with 5...c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.Nf3/Nge2 Re8 10.0-0 Nf8 in favour of one of the alternative approaches, such as 8...Nh5, which is less theoretical and more likely to take your garden variety Exchange QGD exponent out of his/her comfort zone.
  
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Re: Declining the Queen's Gambit by John Cox
Reply #15 - 02/03/10 at 02:36:35
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Markovich wrote on 02/02/10 at 16:53:05:
If anybody said "whilst" in Kansas City, anybody male that is, it would be assumed that he was wearing pink underwear.  I can picture some roadhouse on Route 50 outside of Clarksburg, West Virginia and some guy walks in at 10:30 on Friday night, sits down at the bar and says, "May I have a beer whilst I peruse the menu?"  I wouldn't want to be there to see what would happen.


Thanks for the warning. When I ever will visit the USA - and it is in the pipeline, albeit a long one - I will avoid those areas. I don't feel too comfortable amongst such narrow minded people.
  
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Re: Declining the Queen's Gambit by John Cox
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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
  
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Re: Declining the Queen's Gambit by John Cox
Reply #13 - 02/02/10 at 19:14:25
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I heartily agree with Antillian, in principle.  However, this is a thread speculating on the contents of a book that isn't scheduled to be published until 2011.  I think there's time for meandering through the undergrowth.

It's interesting though, that if someone appears to be dogmatic about grammar, they also tend to be dogmatic in other areas.  Just an observation.
  
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Re: Declining the Queen's Gambit by John Cox
Reply #12 - 02/02/10 at 18:22:57
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Amidst the non-native english speakers here I am amongst those who would never naturally use "whilst".
  
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See my last paragraph, Antillian ... Wink
  
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Re: Declining the Queen's Gambit by John Cox
Reply #10 - 02/02/10 at 17:48:44
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Gentlemen,

Please do not hijack yet another thread with a discussion of the English language. There is an infamous thread already in the 1.e4 e5 section where one has to scroll through pages and pages of endless frivolous language discussion. We don't need another one.
  
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Re: Declining the Queen's Gambit by John Cox
Reply #9 - 02/02/10 at 17:39:22
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[quote]When, oh when, do these English ever use that simple little word, while?  Whilst is truly jarring to Americans ...[/quote]

I don't understand this. Why ever should a word's being jarring to Americans be of concern to non-Americans? I'm not aware of hosts of non-Americans urging Americans to change [i]their[/i] spellings or speech because they grate on them! -- why would they do that? The fact that, as you rightly say, "while" is never not correct in UK English doesn't in any way alter the basic point -- indeed, it's an irrelevance!

(You won't, I trust, take from this that I'm a great fan of the usage "whilst". For a number of reasons which I won't bore Queen's Gambit enthusiasts with here, I'm not.)


  
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Re: Declining the Queen's Gambit by John Cox
Reply #8 - 02/02/10 at 16:53:05
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"He explains in detail the typical plans and tactics adopted by both sides, whilst also tackling the tricky subject of move-order possibilities."

When, oh when, do these English ever use that simple little word, while?  Whilst is truly jarring to Americans, and since while is perfectly correct even in English English, you have to wonder what the point is.  To sound like Shakespeare?  To show that you went to Oxford?

If anybody said "whilst" in Kansas City, anybody male that is, it would be assumed that he was wearing pink underwear.  I can picture some roadhouse on Route 50 outside of Clarksburg, West Virginia and some guy walks in at 10:30 on Friday night, sits down at the bar and says, "May I have a beer whilst I peruse the menu?"  I wouldn't want to be there to see what would happen.
  
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Re: Declining the Queen's Gambit by John Cox
Reply #7 - 02/02/10 at 16:22:30
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notyetagm wrote on 02/02/10 at 06:04:56:
http://www.everymanchess.com/chess/books/Declining_the_Queen%27s_Gambit

This book provides a repertoire for Black with the ever-popular Queen's Gambit Declined. Opening expert John Cox covers not one but two key options for Black. The Tartakower Variation is a sophisticated defence used successfully by world champions such as Kasparov, Karpov and Kramnik. The Lasker Variation is an easy-to-learn and reliable option devised by one of the legends of the game. Cox also demonstrates how to play against White's other tries, including the Exchange Variation and Bf4 lines. He explains in detail the typical plans and tactics adopted by both sides, whilst also tackling the tricky subject of move-order possibilities.

    * A repertoire for Black against the Queen's Gambit
    * Provides answers to all of White’s main options
    * Ideal for improvers, club players and tournament players

Published February 2011 EU, January 2011 US | ISBN 9781857446404
Format Paperback, 192 pages


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Re: Declining the Queen's Gambit by John Cox
Reply #6 - 02/02/10 at 09:39:28
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Plus he is covering both the Tartokower and the Lasker. And Eveyman"s page limits normally lead to smaller books to start with.
  
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