5.Nc3 seems logical, and is the move mostly played. Also 5.e5 or 5.d5 seems worth trying. If you don't want messy stuff, just play 3.e3 or 3.Nf3.
Queen's gambit accepted 3... Nc6 and 4... Nf6.
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Struggling to find decent content on this this dual night attack on the center for white.
1. d4 d5
2. c4 dxc4
3. e4 Nc6
4. Nf3 Nf6
Boris Avrukh's book suggest a Bxc4 line, which is just messy and nasty, and according to the computer just inaccurate with black easy to equalize. Lars Schandorff's book doesn't have hardly any decent content in (it just shows 1 game of it, that's it). There are a few other books such as the queen's gambit for the attacking player, suggest 3. Be3, which is just not a decent move (but the book was written 26 years ago, so fair enough). It seems the most common/modern setups are with Nc3 and Nf3 in these positions looking at high rated games. Wouldn't mind a touch of theory on it, as I've come across it a few times now and I don't have anything for it. Any good material people know about? Otherwise I'll just continue looking through master games.