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A
Strategic Chess
Opening Repertoire
for White
John Watson
First published in the UK by Gambit Publications Ltd 2012
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Contents
4
Symbols
Dedication
4
Introduction
5
1
Queen's Gambit Declined
7
2
Tarasch Defence
28
3
Unorthodox Queen's Gambit
42
4
Queen's Gambit Accepted
68
5
Slav Defence
86
6
Semi-Slav Defence
100
7
Nimzo-Indian Defence
115
8
King's Indian Defence
148
9
Grinfeld Defence
178
10
Benoni Systems and Benko Gambit
195
11
Dutch Defence
224
12
Assorted Defences
235
Index of Variations
268
Symbols
capture
X
check
+
double check
++
#
checkmate
brilliant move
good move
!!
!?
interesting move
?!
dubious move
?
bad move
??
blunder
White is winning
+-
±
White is much better
t
White is slightly better
the game is equal
+
Black is slightly better
+
Black is much better
-+
Black is winning
corr. correspondence game
Ch championship
l-0 the game ends in a win for White
1h-1h
the game ends in draw
0- 1
=
the game ends in a win for Black
(n)
nth match game
see next diagram
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Dedication
To my sisters Sarah, Barbara and Anne
And in memory of my mother (who once called me a 'chess bum' in the newspaper)
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