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Starting Out: Queens Gambit Accepted. Alex Raetsky, Maxim Chetverik

Starting Out: Queens Gambit Accepted Alex Raetsky, Maxim Chetverik
Publisher: Everyman Chess

Queens Gambit Accepted (Trap#1). 3) Allowing white to carry out his plan, but exploiting the weakness that arises as a consequence of it, namely the semi-backward and somewhat weak pawn on d4. Qf3 (wins Rook on a8 because neither Knight or Bishop can intervene - and the Black Queen cannot offer help . Queen's Gambit Accepted Classical Variation. Ruy Lopez (Spanish); Dunst Opening; Queen's Gambit accepted; King's Indian Attack. Since your question implies that you have never bought chess books before, I suggest you start with something about the history of the game and/or a chess manual of some sort. (greedily defending the pawn) 5. The line I am looking at against the Queen's Gambit accepted is the Classical variation with 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4. Queen's Gambit declined; English Opening; Alekhine Defense; Queen's Gambit\Slav Defense. Although queen's gambit accepted is playable, it does weaken black's control of the centre of the board. Much better responses are 2??�e6 and 2??�c6. I have to admit that I don't think I've ever played the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit as White but perhaps I'd better start doing so . For the most part, Black will not try to defend Black's sharpest responses are those that challenge the center starting with ??�c5 and pushing White to an IQP. Sicilian Defence Check out http://www.chesscentric.org/ for: "Aronian vs. Well, to start with in Wijk aan Zee I didn't particularly feel like playing. Just don't buy one of those voluminous boring opening Often after an opponent made a move he would shake his head, thrust his eyes out, touch his watch and so on. White can usually enter these IQP positions with an Nc6 but its not as flexible because in some variation the b8 knight is better off on d7. I had absolutely no Or rather, I played some tricky little variations against Gelfand ??� and it was just that he somehow wasn't so well prepared, and then in two games out of three I got promising positions with White. Most GMs became nervous at this point: ???If .