Queen Pawn: 1.d4 d5 Queens Gambit and Closed Games (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781533514776)

Play Queen Pawn with 1.d4 d5. Enjoy classical openings. Learn to win the center. Improve your control of the chess board. Tim Sawyer shares his adventures and stories from 45 years of play vs masters, experts and club players. Enjoy! This upgraded version matches the 2016 paperback edition. There are 121 games, updated commentary and an index of player names to the game numbers. This book covers Colle and London Systems, Queen's Gambits, Albin Counter Gambit, Slav Defence, Queen's Gambit Declined and others. Join the masters. Play Double Queen Pawn lines.This book covers all the openings that begin 1.d4 d5 except the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. Tim Sawyer covers that opening in great detail in his books Blackmar-Diemer Games 1 (Accepted) and Blackmar-Diemer Games 2 (Declined).You can find checkmate themes in all these openings. To help you, related games are grouped together. You will find games full of interesting ideas from years of the author's own writing. They provide creative ideas and ways to improve.Consider new strategy and tactics and your interest will soar! When the author tried new variations 30 years ago, it turned his own career around and led to higher ratings. You are going to win games that you want to show your friends. Stay excited. Have fun playing chess!

Author: Tim Sawyer
ISBN-10: 1533514771
ISBN-13: 9781533514776
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/28/2016
Pages: 134
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d