Avrukh: 1.d4 Grandmaster Repertoire 11 - Beating 1.d4 Sidelines (hardcover) Vereinsbedarf Playing against the isolated pawn

Playing against the isolated pawn

Leonid Stein

or when a more general understanding is sufficient

This work represents the classical foundation of the modern middlegame

Revolutionize Your Chess (2009)

Avrukh: 1.d4 Grandmaster Repertoire 11 - Beating 1.d4 Sidelines (hardcover) Vereinsbedarf Playing against the isolated pawnMost players are comfortable using their favourite defence against 1. d4 followed by c2 c4, but it is not always easy to find an antidote to the many sidelines at White's disposal. From the bodacious Blackmar Diemer Gambit, to the villainous Veresov, to fiendish fianchetto systems to the treacherous Trompowsky, Black must be ready to meet a whole array of slippery systems, each bringing its own unique dangers and challenges. Grandmaster Repertoire 11