Hi guys I’ve been making a lot of forums I wanted to know what is your favorite opening
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my favorite is the queens gambit I destroy people if they accept
you actually played the line wrong. Correct response to 2... dxc4 is 3, e3. Not e4.
If you play e4, black has a great move e5. Then you can't bxc4 take back the pawn, because black has Qxd4 to win a pawn and control the center.
If you don't take the pawn back, your gambit will make no sense. For example, if you play nf3, black will exd5 and you'll be two pawns down. You can now bxc4 take back a pawn, but after black nc6 you have no positional advantage and is still one pawn down.
That's why you should play e3 instead of e4, because black will no longer have the counter attack of e5. More, e3 will leave the white diagonal line open for white Queen. So if black fall into the trap, black will lose material immediately, as this:
I hope this helps.
Hmm. I’ve been playing Queens Gambit for a while now and play e4 against the accepted. To be fair it is technically a gambit, so if you end up down a pawn with extra development that isn’t unusual at all. I don’t love moves like e3 or e6 that block out my bishop in general, but should I start playing the e3 line instead?
I agree most gambits are for faster developments. The point is e4 in Q's gambit doesn't help your development, because in Q's gambit accepted, you are giving away positions at your Q's side in order to from attacks at your opponent's K's side, so you'd better off developing your dark square bishop to b2 or a3, instead of f4 or g5 (if your opponent declines your gambit, it can be a good move to develop dark bishop to f4 or g5).
For example, in the second line i posted, where are you going to develop your dark bishop? e3 is controlled, f4 makes no sense, and g5 will be countered by black be7 (see below):
Not to mention in Q's gambit accepted, black can always choose Bb4+ to stop you from developing dark bishop. As now you can't play nc3 to defend your king, you'll have to either trade bishop, or play nd2 which will block your dark bishop anyway:
I like Sicilian Dragon, Benoni, and Dutch Defense but for white I learned the Nimzo Larsen Attack and it seems good. Vienna Gambit, Ruy Lopez, Catalan are also good for me as white.