Solozhenkin: Play the Queen's Indian Defence Klassiker In Winning Ugly in Chess

In Winning Ugly in Chess you will see games where weird moves are rewarded

the Two Knights Ulvestad Variation (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 b5) and ultra-sharp lines of the Jaenisch Gambit (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 f5)

GM Alfonso Romero and FM Oscar de Prado have now filled this gap

Benko and Modern

Solozhenkin: Play the Queen's Indian Defence Klassiker In Winning Ugly in ChessThe Queen's Indian Defence has the reputation of a very reliable system for Black. Although his chances of obtaining sharp double edged positions are restricted, good knowledge of piece set ups and different plans should offer Black chances of seizing the initiative even in calm variations. The opening monographs on the QID, as a rule, focus on the move order 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6. What is Black supposed to do if the opponent wishes to avoid