The other idea you might end up with then would be to advance the pawn to d5 ( 4.d5) but now the pawns are fixed and they become really easy targets for Black. The King is floating around in the center and we’ve lost control over the position very quickly. This is already an unpleasant situation for White. Ideally White would want to continue with 4.dxe5 or advance the pawn, 4.d5, but they both lead to an absolute mess here.įor example 4.dxe5 and now Black’s going to rip the Queens off the board with 4…Qxd1 and remove Castling rights from White.īlack shouldn’t really have any problems recovering the e5 Pawn.
The most direct move is Pawn to 3…e5 going straight for the d4 point right away. They can be struck at with various pawn breaks or even peace activity as we’ll get a chance to see in a moment.Īfter the aggressive move 3.e4, Black has four moves which allow him to tickle some of these weaknesses which White has in the center. This doesn’t mean that 3.e4 is a bad move it just has some drawbacks which is that both of the pawns might end up being vulnerable. For this reason we’re reserving the E Pawn in case we want to play Pawn to e3 as we often do. We’ve begun to touch on our second question which is “Why doesn’t White just go ahead and occupy the e4 square with his pawn after Black played 2…dxc4?”Īs we just saw White is anticipating Black is going to attack the d4 square with Pawn to c5. This second strategy is a bit more popular than capturing on c5 with 6.dxc5. What we’ll often see though is White sometimes does choose to take on c5 leading to the symmetrical formation or he waits for Black to capture on d4 (cxd4) and accepts an isolated pawn in exchange for peace activity and extra space. In fact if White also plays 6.dxc5 Bxc5 you’ll see that we get to exactly symmetrical structure both sides have played the exact same moves with their pawns. He’s using his C Pawn to attack White’s D Pawn.
White played c4 to attack Black’s D Pawn and now later it turns out Black’s applying the exact same strategy. This is really interesting because if you think about it Black is applying the exact same strategy as White did on Move Two. Since Black hasn’t spent any time defending the d5 pawn he keeps his options maximally open to strike at White’s center at the first convenient moment.Īn excellent example of this occurs in the main line after 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 Black’s Strategyīlack’s strategy is to avoid getting bogged down in defending the d pawn so that he can devote his efforts to attacking White in the center with a counter-break of his own which is generally pawn to c5. If Black knows that White will eventually be able to recover the pawn on c4 why does he play the Queen’s Gambit Accepted? Isn’t it a good idea to hold onto our Central Pawns and not trade them for Flank Pawns?Ī second question which might arise is “Why doesn’t White go ahead and occupy the square e4 immediately with his pawn as opposed to e3?” This is another interesting question and in describing the answers to these two questions we’re going to gain some real strategic insight into the Queen’s Gambit Accepted.įirst let’s talk about why Black chooses to play the Queen’s Gambit Accepted even though White will eventually recover the pawn. Right away there’s a couple interesting questions which arise. Strategies In The Queen’s Gambit Accepted White will be able to recapture the pawn. He’s accepting this gambit but only temporarily. So this is a really bad idea for Black and because of ideas like this, Black actually doesn’t try to hold onto the pawn on c4. Black has no choice but to give up a Knight here with 6…Nc6. 5.axb5 cxb5 6.Qf3Īttempting to gain a whole rook. If Black were to try 4…c6 he would actually run into a really nasty trap here. And if black plays 4…a6 then 5.axb5 wins for White since there is a pin. White wins the pawn back by playing 4.a4. The very first point that every good chess student should know is that Black can NOT hold onto the pawn.įor example after the move pawn 3.e3 Black would be in bad shape if he tried to hold onto this pawn with the move pawn to 3…b5. This is exactly what I would be discussing in this article. Starting position of the Queen’s Gambit Accepted It’s natural to ask “What happens if Black accepts the gambit with 2…dxc4?” In fact this is no longer a very popular option but it’s still quite viable and it’s known as the Queen’s Gambit Accepted or the QGA for short.
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How To Play The Queen’s Gambit Accepted?Īfter the moves pawn to 1.d4 d5 2.c4, White is threatening to gain a central pawn majority and extra time with this move cxd5. The Queen’s Gambit is a gradual strategic opening in which White is aiming to get a slight advantage and space in the beginning phase of the game and only later gradually develop it into an attack. The Queen’s Gambit begins with the moves pawn 1.d4 d5 2.c4.
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