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Re: Learning to play IQP positions
Reply #11 - 09/06/16 at 01:04:38
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See Simple Chess Opening Repertoire for White by Sam Collins
  
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Re: Learning to play IQP positions
Reply #10 - 12/27/13 at 02:28:04
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Don't overdo the theoretical part. IQP positions are notoriously tricky. A detail like, for example, a bishop on c4, d3, b3 or a2 can make hell of a difference.

I would read the IQP chapter in a middlegame manual of your choice to get the classical education on the topic. It doesn't really matter which book.
Then read Sokolov to get the modern treatment, and start playing.

Ignore the Mikhalishishin book. It's a structured DB dump with light annotations. Good as an example catalog, but not good for learning how to play.
  
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Re: Learning to play IQP positions
Reply #9 - 12/25/13 at 04:39:46
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Thanks all.  I've got some research to do. Smiley
  
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Re: Learning to play IQP positions
Reply #8 - 12/24/13 at 20:18:05
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Of course, the ways White could end up with an IQP after either 1. d4 or 1. e4 are quite numerous indeed.  Some of the other 1. e4 possibilities would be via the Chase Variation of the Alekhine or 3. Nxe5 in the Petroff.

By the way, it seems to me that Emms' book has been forthcoming for several years.  Par for the course, maybe.
  
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Re: Learning to play IQP positions
Reply #7 - 12/24/13 at 20:05:45
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Another choice after 1.e4 e5 would be the old main line of the Giuoco Piano with 4.c3, 5.d4 and 7.Bd2.
For simply "nailing down the essentials" of IQP play a concise but excellent source is the first part of Mastering the Nimzo-Indian by Kosten - the first one covers the IQP specifically, and then he goes into the related c3+d4 and hanging pawn structures. Recommended even if you don't play the Nimzo: for the club player there is no better primer on how to play typical Queen's Gambit-type pawn structures. Books like Baburin's work better as a secondary reference or for players looking for deeper insights.
  
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Re: Learning to play IQP positions
Reply #6 - 12/24/13 at 19:44:17
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ReneDescartes wrote on 12/24/13 at 19:17:26:

It might be fun to adopt a Max-IQP repertoire. What would it be? As Black, the French against 1.e4 and the Tarrasch against 1.d4 and 1.c4; as White, main-line QGA and selected QGD lines. This would be fun to work out.

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Sicilian: 2.c3 or 2.Nf3 3.c3
French: "Fighting the French" by Yevseev or Exchange w/ 4.c4 (aka "Monte Carlo French")
Caro Kann: Panov-Botvinnik
Open Games: Danish Gambit, intending in the mainline, 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Be3 intending early a2-a3 and White should be able to claim equality. I'm not necessarily recommending this, but only noting it for thematic consistency. A person could play this in a series of blitz training games to gain practice/familiarity with IQP themes.  It is not so much intended as a tournament-caliber repertoire.
  
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Re: Learning to play IQP positions
Reply #5 - 12/24/13 at 19:17:26
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Have you seen Baburin's book? Some of the best chess writing I've ever encountered--understandable by a 1600 player, but with great analysis. I'd look at a couple of games from each chapter ("The Queen Shift") and the general tips at the end of each. That will serve as a better introduction than my second choices--15-page chapters on the IQP from Euwe and Kramer The Middlegame Vol.1 and Pachman Complete Chess Strategy Vol.2. Incidentally, Emms has a new book on precisely this subject coming out in 2014.


It might be fun to adopt a Max-IQP repertoire. What would it be? As Black, the French against 1.e4 and the Tarrasch against 1.d4 and 1.c4; as White, main-line QGA and selected QGD lines. This would be fun to work out.

  
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Re: Learning to play IQP positions
Reply #4 - 12/24/13 at 09:55:45
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Another option is of course to look at different openings and/or players for model games. Karpov-Kasparov, for example, in the Tarrasch defence.
  
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Re: Learning to play IQP positions
Reply #3 - 12/24/13 at 09:34:07
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proustiskeen wrote on 12/23/13 at 17:05:42:
Hi - can anyone recommend good material for learning how to play the IQP?  I'm interested in playing with and against it.  Obviously I know about Baburin's book, Sokolov's book, etc., but I'm also looking for shorter pieces or really good videos that help to nail down the essentials.  Thanks!


Yes - your own games! Play openings that lead to IQP positions and carefully analyse the games afterwards. You'll remember what you learn better from your own experience than from studying someone else's game (though I don't dispute the merits of this approach either). Of course Fllg's suggestion of using good opening books as a tool for learning the middlegame is sensible too. 

Incidentally, didn't John Watson do a video series on ICC about IQP positions not so long ago?
  
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Re: Learning to play IQP positions
Reply #2 - 12/23/13 at 18:00:31
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Two books which cover specific openings but also treat the IQP in general are "Fighting the French" from Chess Stars and the recent "Panov-Botvinnik Attack - Move by Move" from Everyman. The first also covers typical IQP-positions which can arise from a variety of openings.

I can recommend both.
  
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Re: Learning to play IQP positions
Reply #1 - 12/23/13 at 17:15:40
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One of Sam Collins' "Know the Terrain" DVDs is about IQPs and associated structures.
  
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Learning to play IQP positions
12/23/13 at 17:05:42
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Hi - can anyone recommend good material for learning how to play the IQP?  I'm interested in playing with and against it.  Obviously I know about Baburin's book, Sokolov's book, etc., but I'm also looking for shorter pieces or really good videos that help to nail down the essentials.  Thanks!
  
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