Nice! I actually prefer getting into queens gambit declined. With the knight on c3 and pawn c4. If they never take then you can take on d5 and play and play queen b3 attacking the new pawn on d5 while also attacking pawn on b7.
(Opponent cannot play the natural bishop e6 to defend and it's very hard to move)
I normally do this after trading my bishop for the f6 horse (then taking on d5) making it even harder to defend this line
Hello
a quick guide about how to prepare and choose openings.
Let's say you want to prepare with White and you can choose 1d4 or 1e4.
Well, 1e4 tends to be a bit sharper, and 1.d4 more positional in general. But if you have played 1.e4 for a long time, getting to play 1.d4 occassionally can help you broaden your chess understanding.
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let say you want to build a repertoire with 1.d4 quickly
well you can develop ideas around these lines to avoid the queen's Gambit Declined
in the first diagram, you may develop your Bishop to g5. In the second diagram, your bishop to b2. Variety is the spice of life
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Bg5 system ideas
most of the time ,you will develop Nbd2 to accompany Nf3. Bishop will go to h4 and the other bishop will go to Bd3. Do not memorize lines, just get a feel for pieces would go
Now you are familiar with how white pieces "go" but what is Black's most dangerous plan ? well g7-g5 would attack white's kingside.
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Once you have decided to go for this system, you need to see a few more games and lines in this system.
in this second game, White introduced a2-a4 to weaken the queenside and develop a nice initiative
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Now you are ready to "learn" the moves order GAME 2
[Event "Chessable Masters Play In"][Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.13"][Round "4"][White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"][Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. e3 d6 7. a4 a6 8. a5 b5 1-0
What about Game 1 ?
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. Nbd2 e6 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O g5 10. Bg3 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. Bh4 1-0
Note that the move order is different Black played ..e6 in Game 2 but ..b6 in Game1.
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But you may face players you like the King's Indian Defense