The Queens Gambit is easily the most talked-about chess opening since the immensely popular
Netflix TV series of the same name became a hit. The screen adventures of Beth Harmon have
inspired thousands to start playing the Royal Game but didnt offer any information on this
highly popular chess opening. This book fills that gap.German Grandmaster Michael Prusikin
presents a solid but dynamic opening repertoire for Black against the Queens Gambit. He wants
you to understand rather than memorize what is important. His primary focus is on explaining
the relevant pawn structures and the middlegame ideas behind the lines he recommends.Prusikin
deals with every single variation of the Queens Gambit in a way that is highly accessible for
club players but at the same time surprisingly effective and concise: the Catalan Tartakower
Carlsbad London Colle Veresov and all the others. As a bonus the FIDE Senior Trainer also
provides responses to openings such as the Bird Réti and Nimzo-Larsen. It may seem unlikely
and yet it is true: in less than 200 pages Countering the Queens Gambit has Black covered for
really every first move except 1.e4!To test your newly acquired insights in the tactical motifs
and strategic ideas of the Queens Gambit you are invited to solve 36 exercises in carefully
selected key positions from actual games.
