The exchange Queen's Gambit for Black

Avbyttevarianten har blitt hvits mest populære valg mot klassisk dronninggambit: 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Sc3 Sf6 4 cxd5 exd5 5 Lg5, men her kommer en bok om hvordan svart bør spille for å få greie og gode sjanser i disse ganske ubalanserte stillingene.

Dette ble ekstra aktuelt etter at Carlsen slo Kramnik i Norway Chess 2016 med 5...c6 6 e3 Lf5 7 Df3 Lg6 8 Lxf6 Dxf6 9 Dxf6 gxf6 10 Sf3 Sd7 11 Sh4 Le7 12 Se2!, sistnevnte trekk visstnok kommet fra Jon Ludvig Hammer. Forfatteren Tibor Karolyi holder fast ved den ambisiøse varianten med 6...Lf5!? og viser flere forsterkninger for svart i fortsettelsen.

Forlagets egen omtale:

The Queen's Gambit is one of the oldest and most reliable openings.

It is mainly based on positional and structural understanding. IM Tibor Károlyi 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 strategical and positional ideas will not be refuted by the strong computers.

International Master Tibor Károlyi was Hungarian Champion in 1984 and is renowned as an author and trainer. He won the Guardian Book of the Year Prize in 2007 and coached Peter Leko until he became a world class grandmaster.