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

D4 d5; King's Indian; Daring Defences; Nimzo & Benoni; one section for when you play Black against king's side openings and Flank Openings too, just to round things out. Although Chess Pub has Mind you, put the Catalan in with the Nimzos and then the Queen's Gambit folk will be the ones looking for a second section for the games that start 1. D4 you might want to go for the six-section option and get 1. *xakafi (2010-09-25 04:02:29) 2 years ago why did you like it???? Queen's Gambit Declined: Mighty Minority Attack. Grandmaster Sadler explains the key ideas behind the Queen's Gambit Declined, one of Black's most dependable responses to the queen's pawn. King's gambit, Latvian gambit, Philidor's defense, Petrov's defense, Ponziani Opening, Scotch Opening, Scotch gambit, Four knights game, Giuoco Piano, Evans gambit, Ruy Lopez, Colle system, Queen's Gambit, Catalan Opening, *ladame (2010-08-21 09:16:55) 2 years ago 1. If Black permits this capture by responding bxc6, he leaves the c6 pawn backward and vulnerable on the half open c-file. The Catalan is a chess opening which can be considered to be White adopting a mixture of the Queen's Gambit and Réti Opening: White plays d4 and c4 and fianchettoes the white bishop on g2. The Minority Attack White pushes b2-b4-b5, threatening bxc6. Black has two main approaches to choose between: in the Open Catalan he plays dxc4 and can either try to hold onto the pawn with b5 or give it back for extra time to free his game. D4 leaves black without any advantage. Now, interested in the Queen's Gambit Declined as Black, I find the opening worth studying. A common opening sequence is 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 ECO codes E01-E09 are for the Catalan.