Here we go again...Another "Im a tactical" player.
Can Queen's gambit become more tactical?
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Apr 28, 2017
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#3
QGA becomes tactical if black wanna defend its pawn on c4. Try to learn KGA, that's really tactical in all lines. 
Before you make such a question, you need first to understand the opening. Positions does not adapt in players style, Players adapt in positions style.
In your spesific question about QGD the nature of the opening/position is strategicall closed but that doesn't mean there are no chances for dynamic/tactical play in the progress. The important is to know when and how to use them and not to force them appear. For that requires a lot of playing experience, analytical work on the variations and thorough study of theory.
For your luck one of the best books ever written in general for openings is the QGD by Mathew Sadler. If you read this one extensively wile playing several times all the example games, then you get a feeling how to use tactics and when.
If you are not satisfied even from that, then it's time to switch again to 1.e4 universe.
I mean, the good thing about e4 is it's more tactical and lively, but there's too much possible replies. Unlike d4, where most opponents play the same reply.
Apr 28, 2017
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#6
Why not play the exchange and try to castle queenside? I think there are ways for play to become more concrete against 3...Be7 too.
Or maybe you can play Bf4 in the QGD. That can lead to opposite side castling as well. You'd need something against ...Bb4 too though.
penandpaper0089 wrote:
Why not play the exchange and try to castle queenside? I think there are ways for play to become more concrete against 3...Be7 too.
Or maybe you can play Bf4 in the exchange. That can lead to opposite side castling as well. You'd need something against ...Bb4 too though.
Exchange? Are you referring to cxd5?
Isn't castling queenside in Queen's gambit dangerous because that's where most of the enemy pieces lie?
Apr 28, 2017
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#9
Just play h4, starting the pawn storm 
on the kingside, and it will instantly become tactical!
Yigor wrote:
Just play h4, starting the pawn storm on the kingside, and it will instantly become tactical!
That's a good idea. 
Apr 28, 2017
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#11
RichmondY wrote:
Isn't castling queenside in Queen's gambit dangerous because that's where most of the enemy pieces lie?
Not always. A rule of thumb is that it can be ok when Black has played ...c6 because he will have to spend another tempo on playing ...c5 to get an attack going. In the Bf4 lines though sometimes White does it anyway. Also I made a mistake about Bf4 because it's played in the QGD not the exchange:
I found that I'm more tactical than positional, but I like playing the queen's gambit, so is there a way or a variation to make it tactical? Whether I'm playing against QGD/Slav, QGA or the other Indian defenses, I believe that I'm better in tactics.