This book is a logical follow up of Semkov’s previous work on the Nimzo-Indian Defence. It covers the Exchange Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 against the Queen’s Gambit Declined. Practical results of 63% in White’s favour and the endorcement of Carlsen, Gukes, Caruana, Aronian, Sarana and many others of the elite confirm the prominent status of this system. Lately second players tend to deviate from the traditional main lines and resort to 3...a6, 3...h6, 3...Be7, 5...Bb4 and other exotic set-ups, so the author analyses them in separate chapters.
Semko Semkov is a chess journalist and theoretician, with two GM norms. His most famous books are The Modern English, The Most Flexible Sicilian, The Taimanov-Sheveningen Hybrid, Understanding the QGA, Building a Reti Repertoire.
Excerpt
004 Bibliography
005 Preface
007 Overview
Chapter 1. 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bf5
021 Step by Step
037 Annotated Games
Chapter 2. Plan with Nge2 after an early ...h6
073 Step by Step
093 Annotated Games
Chapter 3. 5...c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bf4!
058 Step by Step
080 Annotated Games
Chapter 4. 5...c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nbd7
101 Step by Step
110 Annotated Games
Chapter 5. 5...c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 0-0
123 Step by Step
130 Annotated Games
Chapter 6. Main Line with ...Nbd7, Qc2
134 Step by Step
148 Annotated Games
Chapter 7. Rare 6th Moves
163 Step by Step
171 Annotated Games
Chapter 8. Lines without 6...c6
173 Step by Step
184 Annotated Games
Chapter 9. 5.Bg5 Bb4
190 Step by Step
199 Annotated Games
Chapter 10. 3.Nc3 a6
202 Step by Step
212 Annotated Games
Chapter 11. 3.Nc3 Be7
216 Step by Step
222 Annotated Games
226 Index of Variations
228 Index of Annotated Games
