The Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4!

About this book

The Orthodox Defence to the Queens Gambit is an extremely resilient system for Black and a solid favourite of many world champions. As Blacks main ideas are easily grasped it is also a very popular option at club level. In this the first major work on the subject the flexible and powerful move 5 Bf4! is explained. While far less hackneyed than the standard systems in which the bishop goes to g5 the move denies Black the standard simplifying manoeuvres and sets Black an entirely new set of problems.