The Queen's Gambit Declined, often abbreviated to QGD, is a chess opening characterised by 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6
The Queen's Gambit Declined, often abbreviated to QGD, is a chess opening characterised by 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6
Questions tagged [queens-gambit-declined]
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What is the disadvantage of the move 3. ..h6 in the Queen's Gambit Declined?
One of my opponents keep playing 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 h6!? against me. Thus avoiding the main lines of the Queen's Gambit Declined that start after the normal 3) ..Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 etc.
Is there any disadvantage of the move 3) ..h6 that…
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Why is ...a6 played in the Exchange Slav?
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6
I do not see the point of this move. At first I thought it is aimed to prevent Bb5 and thus maintain the knight on c6, which controls e5, a square where White has a firm grip.…
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How do I play against the Queen's Gambit Declined Tartakower structure?
I play the Exchange Variation against the QGD, but I'm really struggling against the Tartakower style setup in the QGD, when black plays b6 and c5. As White, I just don't really know what I'm supposed to be doing against this setup. In the normal…
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Queens Gambit Declined vs Slav: Exchange Variations
I am a keen player of d4 as white. One of the things that I often read is that the exchange variation of the Queens Gambit Declined is generally considered good for white:
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5
But the exchange…
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Is this the only opening that allows one side to end up with three knights?
In Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin counter-gambit, Lasker trap, black ended up with three knights, which should be rare. Here white should not capture the additional knight in the next move (8. Rxg1 Bg4+ and black is winning). Are there any other…
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What is the purpose of 12.a3 in the QGD Lasker Defence?
this is about queen gambit declined lasker defence :
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. a3
why or what is the purpose of 12.a3 ?
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Why did Carlsen play 7. dxc5 in Game 7 of the 2018 World Championship?
As a class A player, I have some understanding of opening principles. Relevant to the move played in the game, I know that it's advantageous to control the center, to have central pawns controlling the center, and to maintain tension for as long as…
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QGD is 3... Be7 better than 3...Nf6
3...Be7 a.k.a the Alatortsev Variation is a possible response as black for QGD players
When I checked with the database 3...Nf6 is the most played move instead of 3...Be7.
When black plays Nf6 they have to worry about both 4.Bf4 and 4.Bg5 but…
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How does Alphazero Respond to the QGD?
I recently started reading Game Changer, the new(ish) book on Alphazero, and I'm really enjoying it. My one issue so far is that I can't find, in the book or elsewhere, games where Alphazero played the white side of
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5,…
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How to avoid QGD/Slav lines as black against 1.d4?
I have come to be a bit sick of Queen's Gambit Declined/Slav Defense type positions as black. But I struggle to find anything to play against 1.d4 which doesn't soon transpose into that.
It seems difficult to avoid playing ..d5 in one of the first…
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what are some good resources for QGD exchanged where black plays Nh5 and later Nb6 Be6 and 0-0-0
Here is a different approach of playing the QGD as black. A general idea after Qxe7 is to play Nb6, Be6 followed by 0-0-0. I don't know if this variation has a name but Nh5 seems to be popular and has a good score for black compared to 0-0 according…
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Is Sadler's 2000 book Queen's Gambit Declined focused on white or black?
I'm looking for QGD repertoire book as Black. Would Sadler's Queen's Gambit Declined fulfill this, or is it focused on White?
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Why not 7.Qa4+ in Carlsen vs Navara QGD
In the game of Carlsen vs Navara Biel Chess 2018, on move 7 why did Carlsen play e3 instead of playing Qa4+ and taking that hanging bishop?
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Why is 7 Bd3 in the Cambridge Springs QGD more often met with 7...Ne4 than 7...dxc4?
My question relates the Cambridge Springs QGD when Black deviates from the main line by playing the well-known inaccuracy 7 Bd3.
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Bd3
I had always been taught to play…
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Why doesn't Black develop the light-square bishop after 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3?
After 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Stockfish gives the best move as 2...e6, entering a QGD position.
Why does Black voluntarily block the LSB instead of develop it first with 2...Bf5?
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