Kotronias: Fight 1.d4 with the Tarrasch! A Complete Black Repertoire vs. 1.d4 Taktik you can choose from dozens

you can choose from dozens or even hundreds of textbooks

Dejan Antic and Branimir Maksimovic have created a complete chess opening repertoire for Black players in only two books

Today there are any number of websites where a player can try their hand at almost innumerable positions

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In order to profit from the initiative granted by the first move

Kotronias: Fight 1.d4 with the Tarrasch! A Complete Black Repertoire vs. 1.d4 Taktik you can choose from dozensA Complete Fighting Repertoire against 1. d4! Do you like active piece play? Fighting for the initiative to move one? The Tarrasch Defense may just be what you are looking for. Its advantages include: (1) It can be played against pretty much anything: 1. Nf3, 1. c4, 1. g3, 1. d4. Play 1 e6, 2 d5 and 3 c5 and you are there! (2) It leads most of the time to a typical IQP pawn structure, and it is difficult for the opponent to shape the game into another