Karolyi: The Exchanges Queen Gambit metadata-enriched one of the elite Soviet

one of the elite Soviet grandmasters of his time

The core of the book is over 150 combinations taken from current tournament practice and presented as training exercises - sometimes tricky

50 magical and instructive checkmate positions from real games are presented here with good explanations

I also like the way he deals with events that are made up or cannot be conclusively proven

how to exploit typical thinking patterns

Karolyi: The Exchanges Queen Gambit metadata-enriched one of the elite SovietThe Queen's Gambit is one of the oldest and most reliable openings which is mainly based on positional and structural understanding. The author gives a perfect guide about it and if somebody masters it, he will be able to use it in his entire chess career. This opening will never run out of fashion, its strategic and positional ideas will not be rejected by the strong computers.