van Schyndel: Anzugsvorteil II: Gewinnen mit 1.d4 Taktik It makes sense to study

It makes sense to study both the versatile London System – moving the bishop to f4 - and the more aggressive Trompowsky Attack

But that is not how things work

Black has trouble getting his bishop on c8 into play

The Queen's Gambit Declined is one of the most popular and fundamental chess openings of all time and it has been the battleground for countless world-class encounters throughout the history of chess

van Schyndel: Anzugsvorteil II: Gewinnen mit 1.d4 Taktik It makes sense to studyApply pressure with 1. d4 Using the first move advantage with White means exerting pressure from the first move and presenting the opponent with problems that he must solve himself as early as possible even more so if this opponent is not a chess professional but your club colleague. This white repertoire, which is consistently geared to the needs of players with a rating of up to about 2100, shows you how to put opponents at normal club level into