The Queen's Gambit Accepted: A Sharp and Sound Response to 1 d4 (Batsford Chess Opening Guides)

162 Pages·1999·4.37 MB·English

BATSFORD CHESS OPENING GUIDES
The

QUEEN'S GAMBIT
ACCEPTED

A starg aind sound resaonse to | «lt

CHRIS WARD
1:4 d& 2 64 dxc4
To my brother Jeremy, for bis continued support
The Queen‘s Gambit Accepted
BATSFORD CHESS OPENING GUIDES

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Batsford Chess Opening Guides

The Queen’s Gambit Accepted

Chris Ward

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First published 1999
Copyright © 1999 Chris Ward

ISBN 0 7134 84675

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1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4

Bibliography
Introduction

Part One: 3 04

Central Variatioa with 3...
Central Variation with 3.66
Central Variation with 3...c5
Central Variation with 3...e5

Rene

Part Two: 3 Df3 D6 4 03

Classical Variation without an early We2
Classical Variation with an early We2
Fourth Move Alternatives for Black

aw

Part Three: Other Variations
8 3B fo 4 D3
9 3 Wate and 4 O63 Evo 5 Wats
10 Third Move Alternatives for Black after 3 D3
11 3@c3 and 3.03

Index of Complete Games

110
125
132
16

18
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books
Queen's Gambit Accepted, Eduard Gufeld (Batsford 1986)
Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings col D, (Sahovski Informator 1987)
New Ideas in the Queen’s Gambit Accepted, Glenn Flear (Batsford 1994)
The Queen's Gambit Accepted, Tako Neishtad: (Cadogan 1997)

Periodicals
Informator

‘New in Chess Yearbook
ChessBase Megahase CD-ROM
Chess Monthly

British Qhess Magazine
INTRODUCTION

1 4 dS 2 04 xed
In my role as a coach of junior players,
the Queen’s Gambit Accepted (QGA) has,
in the past caused me to reconsider some
basic teaching principles. I recall demon-
strating the Queen's Gambit and then on
2udxed, have members of the audience
chuckle, ‘As if Black would do that’ was
the audience view, with the children abvi-
ously preferring 2..06 or 2.06, keeping.
the centre intact. Yes, the general opinion
was definitely that 3 ef would be
‘winning’, which brings to mind my own
story. As a nine-year-old just starting out,
Twas happy playing the natural 3 ef until
I was told by an experienced player that it
was a mistake, Hence I switched 10 the
more solid 3 3 and 4 €3, only to dis
cover some seven of eight years laver that I
had actually been misinformed Of course
at the end of the day it all boils down to
taste and I had no hesitation in returning
to my first fove of 3 ef (eather bitterly
chough in view of those wasted years).

In the 1990: the QGA (whore advo-
sates include Anand and Short) is consid-
ered a perfectly acceptable defence, Black
docs indeed concede the centre, but the
intention is to strike back when the time
is aight, For his part, White may cschew

the immediate 3 ef in favour of the slower
plan of retaining this move as a long-term
aim (ie. after he is satisfactorily developed
or feels that he is ready).

Black has two main breaks in the
QGA, which we deal with in tum:

107-05

Yess

‘After this move Black’s pieces are
granted more freedom to manoeuvre. His
queen can leave its home square and the &
file could later become useful for a rook or
‘two. White no longer has a free hand in
the centre as e3-e¢ is dissuaded by the pres-
sure on his dtpawn. Note that the above
diagram is charactetintic of the “Classical
‘variation’ (Chapters 5 and 6).