Learning the QGA(Queen's Gambit Accepted)

This is a post for to learn the QGA opening.

The Queen's Gambit Accepted is the third most popular option on Black's second move, after 2...e6 (the Queen's Gambit Declined) and 2...c6 (the Slav Defense).

The Queen's Gambit is not considered a true gambit, in contrast to the King's Gambit, because the pawn is either regained, or can only be held unprofitably by Black. Black usually allows the pawn to be recaptured, and uses the time expended to play against White's center.

The Queen's Gambit Accepted is one of the oldest chess openings. 

As Black's 2...dxc4 surrenders the center, White will try to seize space in the center and use it to launch an attack on Black's position. Black's game is not devoid of counter chances, however. If the white center can be held at bay, Black will try to weaken White's center pawns to gain an advantage in the ensuing endgame by playing ...c5 and ...cxd4 at some stage. If White responds with exd4, the result will be an isolated pawn on d4 – which can also lead to a keen middlegame battle. If White recaptures with a piece at d4 instead, the center will be liquidated and a fairly even game will usually ensue.

This is the starting position of the Queen's Gambit Accepted

Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Three Main Lines
In the Queen’s Gambit Accepted there are three main lines for White:

3.Nf3 Furman Variation
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0-0 a6

7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.Qe2 b5, or

7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 Nbd7

3.e4 Central Variation
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.0-0 Be6

7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.Qb3 Qd7, or

7.Bb5 Bc5 8.b4 Bb6

3.e3
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4Queen’s6 5.Nf3 c5 6.0-0 a6

7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 cxd4 9.exd4 Be7, or

7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5

The good thing about playing the Queen’s Gambit Accepted is that there aren’t many opening lines for you to study. Take a look at these examples of the Queen’s Gambit Accepted Main Lines.

Here are couple of games and analyses by IM @JackRudd Jack Rudd as example of how QGA is played and how you can learn from the players playing QGA.

De Labourdonnais  vs McDonnell Alexander 1:0

De Labourdonnais  vs McDonnell Alexander 0:1

De Labourdonnais  vs McDonnell Alexander 1:0

Arkell Keith C vs Verma Aditya 1:0

Sargissian Gabriel vs Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu 0:1

Sveshnikov Evgeny vs Ivanov Igor V 1:0

Tabatabaei M Amin vs Harikrishna Pentala 1:0

Aronian Levon vs Dominguez Leinier 1:0

Aronian Levon vs Nakamura Hikaru 1:0

Richardson John R vs Maksimenko Andrei 1:0

Andreikin Dmitry vs Bacrot Etienne 1:0

Keymer Vincent vs Dominguez Perez Leinier 1:0