Shaw: Starting Out: The Queen's Gambit Vereinsbedarf playing for a win or

playing for a win or a draw

which has recently been published in German

​6) O’Kelly (2…a6)

Suffocate Black with the Advance Variation including Magnus Carlsen’s souped-up version of the Milner-Barry Gambit

Chess is a cruel game

Shaw: Starting Out: The Queen's Gambit Vereinsbedarf playing for a win orThe Queen's Gambit Declined is one of the most popular and fundamental chess openings of all time and it has been the battleground for countless world class encounters throughout the history of chess. Adherents include a long list of world champions, including Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov and Vladimir Kramnik. With his first two moves, Black creates a super strong foothold in the centre, one that is incredibly difficult to break down. In this easy