Martin Andrew. First Steps: The Queen's Gambit

Everyman Chess, 2016. — 260 p. — ISBN: 9781781943809.The Queen’s Gambit is one of the great classical openings. All the world champions and elite players have played this opening – most of them for both sides.In this book the highly experienced coach international master Andrew Martin explains the basic ideas behind all the different variations you can encounter after 1 d4 d5 2 c4.This includes the classical defences (such as the Orthodox, the Lasker and the Slav) as well as the weird and wonderful (such as the Albin Counter-Gambit, the Hennig-Schara Gambit and Marshall's Defence).