An opening idea that will knock many White players off their feet!

Former Russian Chess Champion Alexey Bezgodov provides a complete repertoire for Black against 1.d4, starting with the cheeky move 2…c5! against both 2.c4 and 2.Nf3.

In this opening, the Double Queen’s Gambit, Black’s approach is as active and ambitious as White’s is in the Queen’s Gambit.

After thoroughly analysing and investigating, Bezgodov has put the opening to the test in practical grandmaster play. It not only turned out to be playable – it also brought him success, and not just because of its surprise value.

Bezgodov’s conclusion is that there is no clear and compelling way for White to reach an advantage against 2...c5. In The Double Queen’s Gambit he provides dozens of exercises to test your understanding of this surprising chess opening system.

Grandmaster Alexey Bezgodov (1969) was Russian Champion in 1993 and came shared first in the 1999 Ukrainian Championship. He is the author of \''The Extreme Caro-Kann\'' and \''The Liberated Bishop’s Defence\'', two highly original chess opening books.

 

Contents

 

Explanation of Symbols

 

Introduction

 

Part I - White avoids the main variations 11

 

Chapter 1: White accepts the gambit

Chapter 2: The white bishop comes out

Chapter 3: Transposing into the Alapin Variation of the Sicilian

Chapter 4: Transposition into the Exchange Variation of the Slav Defence

Chapter 5: Transposition into the Panov Attack

 

Part II - Who is tricking whom? 3.Nf3

 

Chapter 6: The rare symmetrical endgame

Chapter 7: The mysterious black queen check

Chapter 8: The centralised knights system

 

Part III - The queenless DQG: 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Qxd4 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qxd4 7.Nxd4

 

Chapter 9: 7...a6 - Taking control of the square b5

Chapter 10: 7 ... Bd7 - The bishop-retention system

Chapter 11: 7...e5 - The move of the future?

 

Part IV - The Gorbatov Gambit and the imaginary Semi-Tarrasch: 3.Nc3

 

Chapter 12: A fascinating gambit

Chapter 13: The classical 3...Nf6

 

Part V - The Deferred Capture Variation: 3.cxd5 Nf6

 

Chapter 14: White takes on c5

Chapter 15: The strong 4.e4

Chapter 16: An Attempt at Revival

 

Part VI - The main variation: 3.cxd5 Qxd5

 

Chapter 17: Early divergences

Chapter 18: The Queen Retreats 5...Qd7/5...Qd8

Chapter 19: Minor white moves after 6...Nf6

Chapter 20: The fianchetto 7.g3

 

Part VII - Retro-Training

 

Postscript

Bibliography

Index of Variations

Index of Games

 

Figurine Notation, 288 Seiten, 2015, kartoniert, englisch