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the queens gambit accepted: rook pawn trick

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ErnstStavroBlofeld1
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Sep 18, 2013
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ErnstStavroBlofeld1
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Sep 18, 2013
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thanks for watching.

plutonia
plutonia
Sep 19, 2013
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that's the first thing that you learn about the queen's gambit.

If you put your knight on c3 black can b4 and a5, giving back the pawn but gaining a lot of space on the queenside and locking out your knight.

 

You should play like this:

 



ErnstStavroBlofeld1
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Sep 19, 2013
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thanks for the advice plutonia (:

ErnstStavroBlofeld1
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May 15, 2017
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A related idea:


 

Yigor
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May 15, 2017
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Defending c4 at any cost is really a bad idea for black in QGA. lessons.png

felixlefan
felixlefan
May 15, 2017
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GG!

LeBronJames23King
LeBronJames23King
May 4, 2021
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Nice.  These queen's gambit accepted --> Rook captures (Rxa8) are so great.  

LeBronJames23King
LeBronJames23King
May 4, 2021
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Typical

 

LeBronJames23King
LeBronJames23King
May 4, 2021
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#10

Queen's gambit declined (white has some center control, while both have good, open development.