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This book provides detailed coverage and
strategic explanation of all lines of the Queen's Indian, with particular
focus on the most critical and topical variations. The Queen's Indian is
one of the most important modern chess openings. It was one of the key
battlegrounds of the Kasparov vs. Karpov world championship matches. It is
renowned for its resilience, but is nevertheless a good choice for those
seeking to win with either colour. Both White and Black have plenty of
ways to complicate, and there are few lines where either side is forced to
exchange pieces off into a dull endgame. The Queen's Indian is the
'companion' opening of the Nimzo-Indian, and was also a brainchild of the
great chess thinker Aron Nimzowitsch. Black establishes his light-squared
bishop on the long diagonal, and if White is not careful, this can form
the basis of a devastating attack. In the critical lines, White contests
this diagonal, either by trying to block it with a pawn advance, or by
opposing Black's bishop with a fianchetto of his own.
Jouni Yrjölä is a grandmaster from Finland. He has won the Finnish Championship twice, and regards Sochi 1984, where he shared third place with the legendary Mikhail Tal, as his best tournament result. He was awarded his grandmaster title in 1990. Jussi Tella is also from Finland. He is an international master and an experienced chess trainer. They also wrote the Gambit book An Explosive Chess Opening for Black. See a pdf file with a sample of the book Euro 2 7,90
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