OK, I am kinda new to studying and i need to know what to do if my pawn gets taken when i am playing queens gambit:

If it gets declined it goes like this...

But if blacks play different like this...

I have been told that i need to know what to do if the pawn is taken but i don't!

I expect most of you know so...

Hi! There are actually several options you can use if Black takes the pawn. I'd highly recommend using the Game Explorer on this site. It'll tell you that Nf3 is the most common response among Master games, but playing e4, e3, and Nc3 are also acceptable moves.

The nice thing about Game Explorer is that you can go as deep as you want into an opening and learn why the popular moves are popular.

ahh thank you very much

You can respond like this to almost always get the pawn back

Or like this to attack the center, but the pawn might be defended this way.

An there is also a different way to decline it, known as the albin countergambit(and the last two moves are the lasker's trap).

ok thanks for help

If pawn gets taken play Qa4 check, then you normally get a pawn back. But I prefer the Trompowsky attack too the queens gambit I think it's better.

yeah, Qa4 check is perfectly fine, because you will still end up with a better center.

i usally just nf3 nc3 a4 etc to win pawn back

The main line is 3.Nf3 Nf6  4.e3 e6  5.Bxc4 c5  6.0-0. The move 3.Qa4+ will win the pawn back immediately, but this is usually condemned as exposing the Queen too early. Don't worry about ...b5. This move is anti-positional (it cripples Black's queenside) and should give black more problems than it is worth. If he does play this, just attack it with a4 (as a few have shown). Here is an example, which is one of the first traps you learn for the Queen's gambit. 3.e3 is not that aggressive, but it can't be bad, and can transpose. Also, I guarantee you will catch some people with this if you are playing other beginners.

slav or tarrasch or old system are the most common 3

If you get decline, you can switch your opening to a Colle System or the Pillsbury Attack.

That is the big picture of the Colle System. It will be ready once you castle. You can also move Qe2 or Re1 to make it more powerful.

vtaylor wrote:

If you get decline, you can switch your opening to a Colle System or the Pillsbury Attack.

Your first diagram is still the QGD. If the pawn structure looks like this, with a pawn at c4, it is probably QGD territory. The Colle system usually features the move c3.

ahh thanks guys for all the help and diagrams

Well heres my 2cents (GOD speak in english not american sorry)