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

by Drazen Marovic (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 370 pages
• Publisher: Cadogan Books (January 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1857440161
• ISBN-13: 978-1857440164
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 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.com Sales Rank: #1,505,044 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

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

By A Customer

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.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

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

By A Customer

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book....But old!, May 2, 2000

By A Customer

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 openings, since this book isn't full of overwhelming theory, like John Nunn's books can be, but rather over 150 lightly-annotated complete games). The only bad part about it is that it's 9 years old at this point, and theory changes. For example, in the Botvinnik Variation of the Semi-Slav, some new ideas have come out in the '90s that wouldn't be in this book. Even so, I got this book in 1995 when I started studying openings, and I still refer to it at times today.