Grandmaster Repertoire 1 - 1.d4 Volume One
by Boris Avrukh
Grandmaster Repertoire is a new series of high quality books based on the main lines, written by strong grandmasters. The aim is to provide the reader with a complete repertoire at a level good enough for elite tournaments, and certainly also for the club championship.
Grandmaster Repertoire provides a repertoire to last a lifetime.
Top GM Boris Avrukh charts a course towards an advantage with 1.d4. Avrukh is used to facing the best players in the world. In this book he presents an improved version of the repertoire that elevated him to the top 50, focussing on main lines with a kingside fianchetto.
1.d4 Volume One covers the openings after 1.d4 d4 2.c4, particularly the Catalan, Queen’s Gambit Accepted, Semi-Slav, Slav, and other Queen’s Gambit lines.
· Critical lines explained by an expert
· Hundreds of novelties
· Busts many recommended lines
· A repertoire to last a lifetime
Boris Avrukh is a grandmaster from Israel. He is an Olympiad gold medallist, former World Junior Champion and analysis partner of World Championship finalists.
Table of ContentsKey to symbols used & Bibliography 6Foreword by Grandmaster Boris Gelfand 7Foreword by the Author 8<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]-->The Catalan 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g31 4...dxc4 and 5...Bd7 132 4...dxc4 and 5...c6 253 4...dxc4 and 5...Bb4† 394 4...dxc4 and 5...Nbd7 515 4...dxc4 and 5...c5 636 4...dxc4, 5...a6 and 6...b5 877 4...dxc4 and 5...b5 998 4...dxc4, 5...a6 and 6...Nc6 1119 4...dxc4 and 5...Nc6 12910 4...Bb4† 5.Bd2 Be7 15111 4...Be7, 5...0-0 and 6...Nbd7 18512 4...Be7, 5...0-0 and 6...dxc4 203<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]-->The Slav 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf313 3...dxc4 24714 3...Nf6 4.e3 g6 25515 4...a6 26716 Stonewall 28117 4...Bg4 28718 4...e6 Meran Style 29719 4...Bf5 and 5...a6 30720 4...Bf5 and 6...Be4 31521 6...Bg4 and 6...Bg6 329<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]-->The Queen’s Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c422 2...Bf5 34323 2...c5 34924 Albin Counter Gambit 35525 Tarrasch Defence 36926 Chigorin Defence 389<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]-->The Queen’s Gambit Accepted 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e327 Minor lines 40528 3...Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.0-0 c5 7.Bb3 42729 7...b5 437Index of variations 450
