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The Double Queen’s Gambit
October 9, 2015
Today, the book The Double Queen’s Gambit was published. It is by Alexey Bezgodov, 46-year old Russian Grandmaster. Bezgodov won the 1993 Russian Chess Championship. He finished second in the 1995 Chigorin Memorial. He gained the Grandmaster title in 1999, and the same year he was the joint winner of the 1999 Ukrainian Chess Championship. (He did not obtain the title of Chess Champion of Ukraine, since he was Russian.) In December that year, he finished second in the Russian Chess Championship, after losing to Konstantin Sakaev 3–1 in the final.
He is best known for his books The Liberated Bishop Defence and The Extreme Caro-Kann.
Normally, as a collector, I shy away from books on the openings. They go quickly out of date and few are standards that endure.
However, this one caught my eye. A double Queen’s Gambit, a shock weapon in blitz and the World Rapid and Blitz coming up and one of the opening’s proponents, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, is playing. It will be interesting to see how many games of the hundreds of games feature the Double Queen’s Gambit.
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The Publisher’s blurb on the book:
‘The Double Queen’s Gambit’ is how GM Alexey Bezgodov has named the 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 system, which in some countries is known as the Austrian Attack.
The idea for this book originated when, a couple of years back, the former Russian Champion noticed how elite GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov obtained very good results with this line in blitz and rapid games against the world’s best players. When top GM’s weren’t able to get any real advantage against this energetic and fighting system, then it deserved every right to exist, thought Bezgodov. His subsequent studies, and his own games with it, have confirmed that idea.
There is comparatively little to study as the exceptionally early fight eases the defence. Black is able to get a symmetrical and relatively simple position with no weaknesses and very decent prospects. Black is both solid and active. “What more can one ask?”, says Alexey Bezgodov.
GM Paul van der Sterren wrote in his book 'Fundamental Chess Openings' on this line: "There is probably a lot to be discovered here and, being as unfashionable as it is, it could well make a wonderful surprise weapon for those who are prepared to put some work into it."
The Double Queen’s Gambit stands out for its practical value for a wide range of club players. Alexey Bezgodov promises: “I am sure that it will bring many practical successes and much creative satisfaction!”
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I was able to find five games with the Symmetrical Variation. Mamedyarov won three, drew two
FIDE World Rapids, Khanty-Mansiysk 2013
Round 5, June 6, 2013
Liem, Le Quang – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
D06 QGD, Symmetrical (Austrian) Defence
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.Nb3 Qc7 8.e4 Nc6 9.Be2 e6 10.O-O Bb4 11.Nb5 Qb8 12.a3 Be7 13.Nc3 O-O 14.Be3 Rd8 15.Qc2 e5 16.Rad1 Be6 17.Rxd8+ Qxd8 18.Rd1 Qe8 19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.Bxc5 Rc8 21.h3 Na5 22.Bb5 Bb3 23.Qc1 Nc6 24.Rd6 a6 25.Be2 Nd4 26.Bxd4 Nxe4 27.Rb6 exd4 28.Rxb3 Nxc3 29.bxc3 Qxe2 30.Rxb7 f6 31.Qb1 dxc3 32.Qb3+ Qc4 33.Qc2 Qd5 34.Rb1 Qd2 35.Rc1 Qd5 36.Rd1 Qe6 37.Rd3 h6 38.Re3 Qc4 39.Rg3 a5 40.Rg4 Qe6 41.Rg3 a4 42.Re3 Qb3 43.Qf5 Qc4 44.Qc2 Qb3 45.Qf5 Qd1+ 46.Kh2 Qd6+ 47.g3 Qc7 48.Re7 c2 49.Qd5+ Kh7 50.Qd3+ f5 51.Qxf5+ Kh8 52.Qg4 Qc3 53.Rxg7 c1=Q 54.Rf7 Qg5 55.Qe4 Qg8 56.Qf4 Qg6 0-1
World Blitz Championship, Khanty-Mansiysk 2013
Round 10, June 9, 2013
Saleh ßalem, A.R.- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
D06 QGD, Symmetrical (Austrian) Defence
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.a3 cxd4 5.exd4 Nc6 6.Be3 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Nf3 Be6 10.c5 Ne4 11.Rc1 Nxc5 12.dxc5 d4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Bd3 Nb3 15.Rc2 Rc8 16.Ne4 Qd5 17.Ng5 Rfd8 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Ke2 Qxg2 20.Qg1 Qd5 21.Bc4 Nd4+ 22.Bxd4 Qe4+ 23.Kf1 Qxc2 24.Bxe6+ Kh8 25.Bxg7+ Kxg7 26.Qg5 Qxc5 27.Qxc5 Rxc5 28.Kg2 Rg5+ 29.Kh2 Rd2 0-1
Tal Memorial Blitz 2013
Round 7, June 12, 2013
Gelfand, Boris – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
D06 QGD, Symmetrical (Austrian) Defence
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nc3 Qa5 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.g3 e5 8.Nb3 Qc7 9.Bg5 Bb4 10.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 gxf6 12.Qd3 Qc6 13.e4 b6 14.Qe3 O-O 15.Be2 Be6 16.O-O Nd7 17.f4 Rac8 18.Rac1 Bxb3 19.axb3 Qc5 20.Kf2 Rfe8 21.b4 exf4 22.gxf4 Qxe3+ 23.Kxe3 f5 24.e5 Nf6 25.c4 Ng4+ 26.Bxg4 fxg4 27.Ke4 h5 28.Rfd1 Kg7 29.c5 bxc5 30.bxc5 a5 31.Rd7 Ra8 32.c6 a4 33.c7 a3 34.f5 a2 35.e6 a1=Q 36.Rxa1 Rxa1 37.Rxf7+ Kh6 38.Rd7 h4 39.Rd8 Ra8 40.Rd7 g3 41.hxg3 hxg3 42.Kf3 Rg8 43.e7 g2 44.Rd6+ Kh7 0-1
And two more games with the gambit accepted:
Server24Chess
June 4, 2012
Van Foreest, Jorden – Ulibin, Mikhail
D06 QGD, Symmetrical
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qxd5 Be6 6.Qxd8+ Rxd8 7.Bd2 Bxc4 8.O-O-O g6 9.Nf3 Bg7 10.e4 Bxf1 11.Rhxf1 Nf6 12.h3 O-O 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Kc2 Nb6 15.Bxb6 axb6 16.a3 f5 17.Rfe1 Rxd1 18.Nxd1 b5 19.Kb3 Rc8 20.e5 Nd8 21.Nc3 Rc5 22.Rd1 Nc6 23.Rd7 Bxe5 24.Nxe5 Rxe5 25.f4 Re3 26.Kc2 b4 27.axb4 Nxb4+ 28.Kd2 Rg3 29.Rxb7 Rxg2+ 30.Ke3 Rxb2 31.Ra7 Rh2 32.Rc7 Rxh3+ 33.Kd4 Kf7 34.Rc4 Nc2+ 35.Kc5 Na3 36.Kd4 0-1
Moscow Championship 1996
Mikhaylova, Irina – Gorbatov, Alexey
D06 QGD, Symmetrical
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qxd5 Be6 6.Qb5 a6 7.Qa4 g6 8.e3 Bg7 9.Nf3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nf6 11.Be2 Qa5 12.Qxa5 Nxa5 13.Nd2 Rc8 14.Rb1 Bf5 15.Rb4 Rc7 16.Bf3 Bd3 17.Nb3 Nc6 18.Rxb7 Kd8 19.Rb6 Ne5 20.Be2 Bxc4 21.Bxc4 Nxc4 22.Rb8+ Rc8 23.Rxc8+ Kxc8 24.Nd2 Ne5 25.Ba3 Kd7 26.O-O Rc8 27.Rd1 Ke6 28.Nb3 Ne4 29.Nd4+ Kf6 30.Ne2 Nc4 31.Bc1 e5 32.f3 Nc5 33.e4 Rb8 34.Kf2 Ke6 35.Be3 Na4 36.f4 Rb2 37.Bc1 Rxa2 38.fxe5 Nxc3 39.Re1 Nxe5 40.Ke3 Ng4+ 0-1
Does anyone have any more games with this opening in their database?
October 9, 2015
Today, the book The Double Queen’s Gambit was published. It is by Alexey Bezgodov, 46-year old Russian Grandmaster. Bezgodov won the 1993 Russian Chess Championship. He finished second in the 1995 Chigorin Memorial. He gained the Grandmaster title in 1999, and the same year he was the joint winner of the 1999 Ukrainian Chess Championship. (He did not obtain the title of Chess Champion of Ukraine, since he was Russian.) In December that year, he finished second in the Russian Chess Championship, after losing to Konstantin Sakaev 3–1 in the final.
He is best known for his books The Liberated Bishop Defence and The Extreme Caro-Kann.
Normally, as a collector, I shy away from books on the openings. They go quickly out of date and few are standards that endure.
However, this one caught my eye. A double Queen’s Gambit, a shock weapon in blitz and the World Rapid and Blitz coming up and one of the opening’s proponents, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, is playing. It will be interesting to see how many games of the hundreds of games feature the Double Queen’s Gambit.
________
The Publisher’s blurb on the book:
‘The Double Queen’s Gambit’ is how GM Alexey Bezgodov has named the 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 system, which in some countries is known as the Austrian Attack.
The idea for this book originated when, a couple of years back, the former Russian Champion noticed how elite GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov obtained very good results with this line in blitz and rapid games against the world’s best players. When top GM’s weren’t able to get any real advantage against this energetic and fighting system, then it deserved every right to exist, thought Bezgodov. His subsequent studies, and his own games with it, have confirmed that idea.
There is comparatively little to study as the exceptionally early fight eases the defence. Black is able to get a symmetrical and relatively simple position with no weaknesses and very decent prospects. Black is both solid and active. “What more can one ask?”, says Alexey Bezgodov.
GM Paul van der Sterren wrote in his book 'Fundamental Chess Openings' on this line: "There is probably a lot to be discovered here and, being as unfashionable as it is, it could well make a wonderful surprise weapon for those who are prepared to put some work into it."
The Double Queen’s Gambit stands out for its practical value for a wide range of club players. Alexey Bezgodov promises: “I am sure that it will bring many practical successes and much creative satisfaction!”
_______
I was able to find five games with the Symmetrical Variation. Mamedyarov won three, drew two
FIDE World Rapids, Khanty-Mansiysk 2013
Round 5, June 6, 2013
Liem, Le Quang – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
D06 QGD, Symmetrical (Austrian) Defence
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.Nb3 Qc7 8.e4 Nc6 9.Be2 e6 10.O-O Bb4 11.Nb5 Qb8 12.a3 Be7 13.Nc3 O-O 14.Be3 Rd8 15.Qc2 e5 16.Rad1 Be6 17.Rxd8+ Qxd8 18.Rd1 Qe8 19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.Bxc5 Rc8 21.h3 Na5 22.Bb5 Bb3 23.Qc1 Nc6 24.Rd6 a6 25.Be2 Nd4 26.Bxd4 Nxe4 27.Rb6 exd4 28.Rxb3 Nxc3 29.bxc3 Qxe2 30.Rxb7 f6 31.Qb1 dxc3 32.Qb3+ Qc4 33.Qc2 Qd5 34.Rb1 Qd2 35.Rc1 Qd5 36.Rd1 Qe6 37.Rd3 h6 38.Re3 Qc4 39.Rg3 a5 40.Rg4 Qe6 41.Rg3 a4 42.Re3 Qb3 43.Qf5 Qc4 44.Qc2 Qb3 45.Qf5 Qd1+ 46.Kh2 Qd6+ 47.g3 Qc7 48.Re7 c2 49.Qd5+ Kh7 50.Qd3+ f5 51.Qxf5+ Kh8 52.Qg4 Qc3 53.Rxg7 c1=Q 54.Rf7 Qg5 55.Qe4 Qg8 56.Qf4 Qg6 0-1
World Blitz Championship, Khanty-Mansiysk 2013
Round 10, June 9, 2013
Saleh ßalem, A.R.- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
D06 QGD, Symmetrical (Austrian) Defence
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.a3 cxd4 5.exd4 Nc6 6.Be3 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Nf3 Be6 10.c5 Ne4 11.Rc1 Nxc5 12.dxc5 d4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Bd3 Nb3 15.Rc2 Rc8 16.Ne4 Qd5 17.Ng5 Rfd8 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Ke2 Qxg2 20.Qg1 Qd5 21.Bc4 Nd4+ 22.Bxd4 Qe4+ 23.Kf1 Qxc2 24.Bxe6+ Kh8 25.Bxg7+ Kxg7 26.Qg5 Qxc5 27.Qxc5 Rxc5 28.Kg2 Rg5+ 29.Kh2 Rd2 0-1
Tal Memorial Blitz 2013
Round 7, June 12, 2013
Gelfand, Boris – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
D06 QGD, Symmetrical (Austrian) Defence
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nc3 Qa5 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.g3 e5 8.Nb3 Qc7 9.Bg5 Bb4 10.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 gxf6 12.Qd3 Qc6 13.e4 b6 14.Qe3 O-O 15.Be2 Be6 16.O-O Nd7 17.f4 Rac8 18.Rac1 Bxb3 19.axb3 Qc5 20.Kf2 Rfe8 21.b4 exf4 22.gxf4 Qxe3+ 23.Kxe3 f5 24.e5 Nf6 25.c4 Ng4+ 26.Bxg4 fxg4 27.Ke4 h5 28.Rfd1 Kg7 29.c5 bxc5 30.bxc5 a5 31.Rd7 Ra8 32.c6 a4 33.c7 a3 34.f5 a2 35.e6 a1=Q 36.Rxa1 Rxa1 37.Rxf7+ Kh6 38.Rd7 h4 39.Rd8 Ra8 40.Rd7 g3 41.hxg3 hxg3 42.Kf3 Rg8 43.e7 g2 44.Rd6+ Kh7 0-1
And two more games with the gambit accepted:
Server24Chess
June 4, 2012
Van Foreest, Jorden – Ulibin, Mikhail
D06 QGD, Symmetrical
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qxd5 Be6 6.Qxd8+ Rxd8 7.Bd2 Bxc4 8.O-O-O g6 9.Nf3 Bg7 10.e4 Bxf1 11.Rhxf1 Nf6 12.h3 O-O 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Kc2 Nb6 15.Bxb6 axb6 16.a3 f5 17.Rfe1 Rxd1 18.Nxd1 b5 19.Kb3 Rc8 20.e5 Nd8 21.Nc3 Rc5 22.Rd1 Nc6 23.Rd7 Bxe5 24.Nxe5 Rxe5 25.f4 Re3 26.Kc2 b4 27.axb4 Nxb4+ 28.Kd2 Rg3 29.Rxb7 Rxg2+ 30.Ke3 Rxb2 31.Ra7 Rh2 32.Rc7 Rxh3+ 33.Kd4 Kf7 34.Rc4 Nc2+ 35.Kc5 Na3 36.Kd4 0-1
Moscow Championship 1996
Mikhaylova, Irina – Gorbatov, Alexey
D06 QGD, Symmetrical
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qxd5 Be6 6.Qb5 a6 7.Qa4 g6 8.e3 Bg7 9.Nf3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nf6 11.Be2 Qa5 12.Qxa5 Nxa5 13.Nd2 Rc8 14.Rb1 Bf5 15.Rb4 Rc7 16.Bf3 Bd3 17.Nb3 Nc6 18.Rxb7 Kd8 19.Rb6 Ne5 20.Be2 Bxc4 21.Bxc4 Nxc4 22.Rb8+ Rc8 23.Rxc8+ Kxc8 24.Nd2 Ne5 25.Ba3 Kd7 26.O-O Rc8 27.Rd1 Ke6 28.Nb3 Ne4 29.Nd4+ Kf6 30.Ne2 Nc4 31.Bc1 e5 32.f3 Nc5 33.e4 Rb8 34.Kf2 Ke6 35.Be3 Na4 36.f4 Rb2 37.Bc1 Rxa2 38.fxe5 Nxc3 39.Re1 Nxe5 40.Ke3 Ng4+ 0-1
Does anyone have any more games with this opening in their database?
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