A World Champion's Repertoire against the Queen's Gambit Declined Klassiker provided by Karsten Mueller

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A World Champion's Repertoire against the Queen's Gambit Declined Klassiker provided by Karsten MuellerIn the 1950s, World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik made the Exchange Variation in the Queen's Gambit Declined a dangerous weapon. Moving the knight to e2 and castle short was revolutionary at the time. Previously, White played his knight to f3 to launch a minority attack on the queenside later, or placed the knight to e2 to castle long and launch a pawn storm on the kingside. Later, Garry Kasparov followed in the footsteps of his mentor Botvinnik and