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The Queen's Gambit & Catalan for Black Lasha Janjgava
Publisher: Gambit Publications

The minimum openings I'd recommend for black would be stuff like the Benko Gambit, Scandinavian Defenses (although I think the Scandinavian is a really lame opening) and so forth, while with white you can still get away with the c3 Sicilian, and 3.Nc3, 3. By deviating at this early point White makes sure that the game will be played on his homeground. This is slightly counter-intuitive to me, but perhaps I have been conditioned too much by old-fashioned opening manuals who treated the Queen's Gambit and the Catalan as entirely different complexes. Black then continues 15Bg4 and after 16.Qd3 he has 16Rae8 17.Nd2 and now 17f5 or 17Re6, to name just a few of the more characteristic ideas. B) 4.b3 - This is not White's most promising variation of the Colle Zukertort. Black Chess Pieces and White plays d4. Nf6, so this is the classical starting position for the Queen's Pawn Openings. - A poor relative of the Catalan. I recommend to you to study the above Opening Chess Moves of the Queens Gambit, except the Chigorin Defense, which is dubious, but can be applied as a surprise weapon. In order to prevent this easy attacking plan, the ingenious 15.Re4 has been tried. If you have the black pieces and White plays not 1.e4 but 1.d4, then you can play the following chess openings as Black. After 4Nc6 5.Bb2 Bg4 Black is equal. Black can a) 4.dxc5 - This is an attempt to play the Queen's Gambit accepted a tempo up but 4e6 probably gives theoretical equality. Grandmaster Sadler explains the key ideas behind the Queen's Gambit Declined, one of Black's most dependable responses to the queen's pawn. Don't bother to learn the following chess Bogo-Indian Defense, The Catalan Opening was played at the.