Daniel King's Power Play Show: QGD with Bf4

by Daniel King
5/8/2020 – In this Power Play Show Grandmaster Daniel King takes a look at a Queen's Gambit Declined position from the game Nakamura-Carlsen. | Photo: Lennart Ootes (Archive) | Power Play is on air most Fridays at 18:00 UK (19:00 CEST, Noon EST) on playchess.com. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.
Glorious sacrifices, unexpected tactics and checkmating attacks. The King's Gambit is one of the oldest and most romantic openings in the game of chess. This DVD contains all you need to know to tackle your opponent.

Queen's Gambit Declined with Bf4

Daniel King will be considering the QGD squeeze in the Bf4 variation. Nakamura-Carlsen (game 2) of the Magnus Invitational final was a great example of this, but he looks at another game where Black supposedly defended better, but with the same result.

This is a composition, but looks like it could have arisen in an actual game. The conclusion is anything but normal showing that there is beauty lurking in all corners of the chessboard. White to move and draw.

 
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Daniel King is the prolific author of the PowerPlay series which numbers 27 volumes to date. The subject of his most recent DVD is "The King's Gambit". 

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Glorious sacrifices, unexpected tactics and checkmating attacks. The King's Gambit is one of the oldest and most romantic openings in the game of chess. This DVD contains all you need to know to tackle your opponent.

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Daniel King is a regular on playchess.com. Commentating on live events such as the World Championship or analysing themes for his monthly Power Play Show. He also produces a DVD series called Power Play for ChessBase in the Fritztrainer format.

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