"And why do so few grandmasters, and even lower-ranked players avoid taking the piece?"

Because a3 looks so much more sensible.

@OP

You asked 2 question's. The first one is on your Topic Title

Why Do So Few Players Take On c3?

The second one is the below question which I highlighted in green.

The questions in orange have already been answered. You answered them with the text I highlighted in blue.

I gave you my analysis of the position in which are most seen by high level players. I did so in order to show why I believe they take on c3.

Than I compared it to your position. Furthermore, I proceeded to give you my interpretation of why I believe in your position it is not so great to take the piece on c3.

You than say the above posts to me?

Maybe but if Black was worried about that they'd just play 3...Nf6. Still I can't see this as "solid" at all as here Black has potential counterplay on e5 and d4 and shouldn't be in a rush to capture on c3 due to the now open nature of the position. 

I think the main idea of 5.dxc5 is to get some calm and non-theoretical position after 5...Nc6 6.Nf3. I'm not saying that 6.Qg4 is bad and maybe White can play this way but I think it just gives Black more options than after the immediate 5.Qg4.

LightninHopkins wrote:

ewq85 wrote:

I'm to tired to go into much detail but dxc5 is bad for white. My reasoning? Stockfish says so lol.

The evaluations change with each move, though.

And that's why I analyzed beyond dxc5. The move gives black a slight advantage and then holds it. I believe it was something like, dxc5 Nc6. Nf3 Nge7. a3 Bxc3. bxc3 Qa5. Bd2 Qxc5. Bd3 Ng6. Qe2 Nf4. Qd1 Nxd3. and black is fine. Not 100 percent winning or anything but black does maintain it's small advantage at least that far.

This post will be directed to the OP

Since you do not like long obnoxious lecture's.

This post will be Short and Sweet.

Why Do So Few Players Take On c3?

Grand Masters do not take on c3 becuase they are not patzers.

As long as Grand Masters are recognized as the top level of chess, the chess community from novice up will follow their lead and do what they do.

Have a nice day.

Anyone have a more recent game with the elites?  Here is a Carlsen one where he lost with a mate to boot!!

5. Qg4 is considred somewhat dubious.

Oh, sorry. That was rude of me. 

I know you were trying to help.

LOL Yeah my feathers got ruffled little bit lol. Took me over 2-3 hours to make that post lol than I had to start over again because my net went down. Which took another couple of hours becuase I didn't have it saved so I had to redo it lol than I saw your response and was thinking in my mind lol Oh you jerk/troll lol.

However, I am kool now pretty mellow lol. I got myself an ice cream to kool down.

I had more I was going to add before my net went down lol. I didn't add it to the above post becuase I wanted to post it before lol net went down again was kind of storming outside.

The above picture was a nice continuation I saw as black. Instead of playing Bxc3+ playing Qc7.

I don't think I will explain it though it was just a side continuation I was looking at. I added highlights though.

Bravo -  Really enjoyed your explanation x_player_j_x -   Thanks for taking the time to thoroughly explain your position on the issue and posting it in a visual game format instead of reciting board positions as you often see in the forums. 

Actually, that's one of the more annoying moves to face. 

Here is a nice miniature, where black gets absolutely crushed in the opening:

Xplayer wrote>>
For 1 you have weaken your center with the move dxc5. Which means I can always later on play moves like Bxc5. I can even than try to reroute my knights to attack the e5 pawn. How do you plan on defending the e5 pawn here? Seems a little shakey to say the least.

If you play moves like f4 well than Bc5 to b6 just aiming down on the g1 squares seems like a wonderful spot.

<<I would also have moves like Bc7 targetting e5. Maybe even other idea's of moving the bishop to f1 and rerouting it to g7 to attack the e5 pawn.

Again this is just my option but I do not see why tripling the pawns would help. Why triple the pawns when you can try and make the white center collapse?>>

In my opinion, dc is an interesting try for white. I think White just gets on with development. If black hits the e pawn then Nf3. I used to like the winawer from both sides.

Why can't you edit the font here?

Yeah they only give you 1 Font on here. Which is Font Family 3 or 4 which is suppose to be 12 point. However, Font Family 3(12 point) is not the same as Times Roman 12 point font. It is smaller.

Which is why I like to use Font Family 5. It is a little bigger to read easier on the eye's and not as annoying as like the very huge font sizes.

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I meant that I can't find a way to edit it once it is posted.