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Play the Queen's Gambit (Cadogan Chess Books) [Paperback]

Drazen Marovic (Author)

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Product Details

Paperback: 370 pages
Publisher: Cadogan Books (January 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1857440161
ISBN-13: 978-1857440164
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,326,368 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book on QGD, April 3, 2003

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This book covers the QGD, the Slav, and the Semi-SLav, and does so in a highly instructive, readable manner. It is a great book, easy to follow, jam-packed with practical tips and strategies. This book is never far from my reach. The collection of games (Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, Kasparov, Karpov, Petrosian, etc.) it presents is phenomenal. Marovic is the best at picking games to annotate, and really explainaing what happened. Great index at the back.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, January 24, 2003

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This is a meaty (370 pages) and instructive book. It is a complete chess intructional course in itself; that is how good Marovic's explanations of concepts are. Everything about this book is wonderful. There is only one small quibble I have with it; that is, although Marovis is telling you to play the Queen's Gambit, about 90% of the games in the book are wins by white. Of course, normally black made a mistake at some point after the opening, and Marovic annotates these moments well; however, it does not inspire confidence if you just look at the wins and losses in the book. That aside, this is the best book on the Queen's Gambit, and I have Sadler's book and Polugayevsky's too.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the best, June 5, 2002

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In my opinion, this is Marovic's best work. It is laid out extremely well; for instance, each game has in bolface the spot where moves differ from the previous game. Also, it considers all the variations that I run into in practice. I love that it includes the Slav and Semi-Slav too. True, it does not include the QGA. But for the Queen's Gambit Declined, it is the best book in extistence. perhaps not for Kasparov, because it is heavy on textual explanations, and does not drwon you in variations. This is a wonderful book, and is my favorite openings book. Marovic's book on the King's Indian is great too, but this one has a special magic.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good solid book
This book has more to do with understanding closed games found in queen's gambit declined rather than a repretoire book. Read more

Published on January 30, 2002 by John Kato

3.0 out of 5 stars Title needed to be more specific
I originally purchased this book looking for a nice introduction to an opening i knew little about, mainly the Queen's Gambit Accepted lines. Read more

Published on August 27, 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book....But old!
This is an excellent book for someone who plays the 2...e6 Queen's Gambit Declined, the Slav Defense, or the Semi-Slav Defense, (Especially when you are just beginning to learn... Read more

Published on May 2, 2000

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