I don’t know how to play the queen’s gambit declined, so I can’t give you tips or advice. Btw are you asking for white or black?
Just about to put Bernstein - Capablanca up on the board
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Bernstein-Capablanca, Moscow 1914...
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1261680
http://www.ajschess.com/lifemasteraj/bern-vs-capa1_ts.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpMh7dCRcMc
This game is deeply annotated (game #13, p.73) in The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games by Burgess, Nunn & Emms. (Note that the production quality of the book is, unfortunately, rather "cheap" but the 125 annotated games presented are great.)
As for the Queen's Gambit...
https://simplifychess.com/queens-gambit/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Gambit
https://www.chessable.com/chess-openings/s/queen's%20gambit
finally...
Chess Openings Resources for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/openings-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond
Oct 29, 2020
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Great replies many thanks!
Actually in my book, the first 9 moves are kind of just skipped over, but to me the opening in interesting 3...Nf6 is played is there anyone out there who would play c5 or maybe the bishop to b4 and why?
In the Ruy Lopez developing the bishop with a pin is used, is there a concrete reason why it is wrong here?
I will leave the game analysis to those who enjoy engaging in such exercises. However, I will point you to several books which I consider to be very instructive for the beginner-novice relating to the Queen's Gambit (QG)...
The following two books provide instructive tutorial introduction to the basics of the Queen's gambit. I recommend to read/study them in the following order (i.e., beginning with the easier book first)...
1. Chess Openings by Mike (or, on Amazon, Michael) Basman. Does a good job of explaining the basics of not only the WHAT, but the WHY, of several thematic lines that are typically encountered in the QG.
2. The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings, (Algebraic Edition) by Reuben Fine. Contains a more thorough treatment of the main QG variations than Basman's book.
The following two books provide even more detailed expositions of the Queen's Gambit than the two books above, and can be read simultaneously, as one is no more 'difficult' than the other...
Queen's Gambit Declined by Matthew Sadler (winner of the British Chess Federation's Book of the Year award for 2000).....a thorough introduction to the QG.
Understanding before Moving 2 - Queen's Gambit Structures by Herman Grooten. Does a good job of clarifying the various QG pawn structures and plans.
It is apparent that several online resellers are asking exorbitant prices for the out of print books. This is likely in order to exploit the increased interest in chess due to the COVID-19 lockdowns. However, some if not all of these books may be available (cheaply) for download on Scribd.com (which I have used extensively and can recommend)...
Scribd For Online Chess Book Reading, Downloading...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/scribd-com-for-online-chess-book-reading
Finally, for any beginner-novice, I highly recommend the following very instructive book...
Discovering Chess Openings: Building Opening Skills from Basic Principles by John Emms
which is commented on in this blog article...
Good Chess Openings Books For Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-openings-books-for-beginners-and-beyond
I have a book of great chess games, and coupled with that I have been told the Queen's gambit declined is a good opening to learn for beginners. Would it help anyone to follow through this game with me? Or are there people who can give advice?