Karolyi: The Exchanges Queen Gambit metadata-enriched Basic row combinations

Basic row combinations

you use the same basic ideas: as White you are targeting the light squares and as Black the dark squares

50 magical and instructive checkmate positions from real games are presented here with good explanations

The core of the book is over 150 combinations taken from current tournament practice and presented as training exercises - sometimes tricky

I also like the way he deals with events that are made up or cannot be conclusively proven

Karolyi: The Exchanges Queen Gambit metadata-enriched Basic row combinationsThe Queen's Gambit is one of the oldest and most reliable openings which is mainly based on positional and structural understanding. The author gives a perfect guide about it and if somebody masters it, he will be able to use it in his entire chess career. This opening will never run out of fashion, its strategic and positional ideas will not be rejected by the strong computers.