A World Champion's Repertoire against the Queen's Gambit Declined CT The transfer from the opening

The transfer from the opening into rook endgames

one that belongs in every American chess player's home”— ​​Inside Chess

but it is his choice of examples

and presents new ideas and resources for both Black and White

the viewer quickly internalizes the motifs shown and quickly develops an ever better feeling for the tactics in the Najdorf Variation

A World Champion's Repertoire against the Queen's Gambit Declined CT The transfer from the openingIn the 1950s, World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik made the Exchange Variation in the Queen's Gambit Declined a dangerous weapon. Moving the knight to e2 and castle short was revolutionary at the time. Previously, White played his knight to f3 to launch a minority attack on the queenside later, or placed the knight to e2 to castle long and launch a pawn storm on the kingside. Later, Garry Kasparov followed in the footsteps of his mentor Botvinnik and