Ward: Unusual Queen's Gambit Declined improvers The book focuses on curiosities

The book focuses on curiosities such as king's migration in the middle game

but has returned to the game in the last decade

improving your piece coordination

entertaining and inspiring

Cyrus Lakdawala pays tribute to the genius of the enigmatic Nezhmetdinov

Ward: Unusual Queen's Gambit Declined improvers The book focuses on curiositiesChris Ward covers three offbeat but important defenses to this ancient opening. The Chigorin Defence (1 d4 d5 2 c4 Nc6) creates dynamic imbalance in the position. The Albin Counter Gambit (1 d4 d5 2 c4 e5) is a tricky tactical line which can be deadly against an unprepared White player. The final variation (1 d4 d5 2 c4 Bf5) is an interesting way to try to solve immediately the problem of how to develop the queen's bishop in the Queen's Gambit