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Dear reader,
Not everyone knows that mastering the queen's gambit declined is essential for anyone wanting to become a strong positional player. But I realized it and I will continue to play it until I become a strong player. It is based mostly on Matthew Sadler's book 'The Queen's Gambit Declined', except for chapter 3 where I did a bit of research on the internet and with the chessgames.com opening explorer. Specialists of the Queen's Gambit Declined that you will follow are Nigel Short, Efim Geller and Alexander Beliavsky 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 It's the idea of <Geller> to play this move. It stops any exchange variation with Bg5, notably the most dangerous for black of them all. I) Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange Variation <4. cxd5 exd5> 
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II) Queen's Gambit Declined Bf4
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III) Queen's Gambit Declined Tartakower Variation Main Line <4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. e3 0-0 7. Bh6 b6> 
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IV) Playing against d pawn rare systems
a) Stonewall attack.
click for larger viewA Abdul Rahman vs M Aboudi, 2010 is a very concrete example of the risks for white in this (too) slow opening b) Colle-Zukertort system
click for larger viewThe white player wants to hack your kings but as usual central counterplay is the key answer W John vs A Nimzowitsch, 1910 c) Pure Colle System <2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 e6> 
click for larger view "The deadly pawn triangle", as Kingscrusher says, is not that deadly but is certainly to be considered seriously E El Gindy vs S Halkias, 2003, E P Nirmal vs P Mohana, 2008 d) Levitsky attack <2. Bg5 Nf6> 
click for larger viewA favorite of Hodgson that aims to bring unusual positions to the board * <3. Bxf6>
Van der Wiel vs Timman, 1990 R Djurhuus vs Carlsen, 2006, I Rogers vs Kasparov, 2001, H Borchgrevink vs V Akobian, 1996 e) The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit < 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6> dx 
click for larger viewA crazy opening that it quite unsound. Castling queenside will annoy white over-agressive players.
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Kibitzing
