Starting Out: Queen's Gambit Declined

by Neil McDonald

Overview

Everyman Chess continues its original and best-selling Starting Out series with detailed coverage of the Queen's Gambit Declined, an opening that is very much at the forefront of contemporary chess. The Queen's Gambit Declined is Black's fundamental answer to 1 d4 and an opening of great historical importance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781857444261
Publisher:	Everyman Chess
Publication date:	12/01/2006
Series:	Starting Out - Everyman Chess Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

English Grandmaster Neil McDonald is an experienced and successful player on the international chess circuit. He is a respected chess coach, who has trained many of England’s strongest junior players. McDonald is also a talented chess writer and has many outstanding works to his name. He is resident in the UK.

Interviews

This book is a further addition to Everyman’s best-selling Starting Out series, which has been acclaimed for its original approach to tackling chess openings. Neil McDonald goes back to the basics of the Queen’s Gambit Declined, introducing the key moves and ideas, and taking care to explain the reasoning behind them – something that is often neglected or taken for granted in other texts.

Editorial Reviews

‘The first books I browse when I go to the bookstore’ – ChessCafe.com‘The ideal opening training manuals.’ — Glenn Flear – New In Chess‘They fill a serious gap in the current chess literature, and will be extremely popular with amateur chess players.’ — Chessville.com

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