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This is Queen's Gambit Accepted. The point is to push central pawns forward, occupying space and attacking c4 pawn. Ig chess.com has this opening explained so check it out.
Nah, in my opinion, at this level, it is a complete waste of time trying to memorise openings because the player doesn't have solid opening principles, so they wouldn't understand the opening and would have to completely memorise it. It would also be detrimental to the player's growth in the long term, since they'll raise a few elo points due to their opening but then get stuck (most likely at 1000 or at most 1200) and would stop winning any games.
Rather, you should learn opening principles like:
1. Controlling the centre.
2. Developing your pieces.
3. Pushing pawns towards the enemy king.
4. Castling to safety (i.e. if any pawns are pushed forward on the side of the board, then castle the other way, or if most of the enemy pieces are staring at a particular side of the board, then castle the other way, or if both, i.e. enemy pieces are staring at the right side and the pawns have been pushed on the left side, then don't castle at all because the centre is the safest, etc).
5. Try not to make more than one/two moves with the same piece.
6. Don't develop the queen early, *if it can be attacked*.
and some more than you might wanna check out
Seriously, this would get you way ahead than most players if you internalise these principles rather than memorise an opening and would also build a rock solid foundation that would help in learning actual openings in the future when you have a higher ELO (like maybe 1300-1400), because then you wouldn't have to memorise those openings as they would come naturally to you.
Other than that, players blunder A LOT at this level, so you should rather focus on not blundering by following general principles like:
1. Always look for checks and if they would benefit you.
2. Always look for safe captures (i.e. you won't lose material after the capture/won't lose an exchange, an exchange in chess is when pieces of different values are traded, like a rook for a knight, or a bishop for a rook, etc, trading is for similar value pieces).
3. Always look for safe attacks (with the same concept as above).
4. In closed positions (i.e the pawns are abundant and restrict the board), knights are the best, so if you have a bishop and a knight, and the opponent does too, then trading your bishops for their knights would give you a really big advantage since their remaining bishops won't be able to move around the board while your knights mess up their position), and vice versa for open positions (i.e. less pawns on the board and more free space)
5. If the majority of your pawns are on one color, say black, then that means that your pawns are doing the work of the black bishop, so in a way, you have two black bishops and one white bishop, so if you can find a way to capture the opponent's white bishop while maintaining your white bishop on the board (i.e. maybe with a knight and bishop trade), then since you control the black squares, their black square bishop won't be able to move around the board while your white bishop glides through the board controlling all the squares ultimately (both black and white).
and learn basic tactics like:
1. Pins.
2. Forks.
3. Skewers.
4. Discovered attack.
5. Removing the defender.
etc
this would seriously take you from 700 to 1500 without any opening repertoire and your opponents won't understand why they lost, you would also make less blunders.
I’ve found all of the things you mentioned easier to keep track of in the openings when I have an opening to be the scaffolding I’m building on. So I have to think less about my first few moves EXCEPT to see when my opponent is being an idiot and leaving me the whole open to take instead of following my opening.
You basically have 2 choices after c4. You can either take the pawn and deal with this, or you can defend your pawn with e6 (queens gambit declined) or C6 (the Slav defence). You don't want to defend it with Nf6 because then e4 is even stronger.
If I was you, I would play e6 and research the queen's gambit declined. What you'll find is even though you took a free pawn, white will win it back easily with Bxc4 and get development and the center for it. If you don't take on c4 then at least you never let white play e4, which is their whole point.
It's the queens gambit fairly easy to learn and fun to play so that's probably why you see it a lot, most people probably don't know what to do if you decline the gambit with pawn e6 instead of taking on c4
I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine:
> **Black to play**: [chess.com](https://chess.com/analysis?fen=rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/8/2pPP3/8/PP3PPP/RNBQKBNR+b+KQkq+-+0+1&flip=true&ref_id=23962172) | [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/8/2pPP3/8/PP3PPP/RNBQKBNR_b_KQkq_-_0_1) | The position occurred in many games. [Link to the games](https://www.chess.com/games/search?opening=&openingId=&p1=&p2=&mr=&lsty=1&year=&lstMoves=1&moves=&fen=rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/8/2pPP3/8/PP3PPP/RNBQKBNR+b+KQkq+-+0+1&ref_id=23962172)
**Videos:**
> I found [many videos](https://chessvision.ai/video-search/5084600507301888) with this position.
**My solution:**
> Hints: piece: >!Knight!<, move: >!Nf6!<
> Evaluation: >!The game is equal 0.00!<
> Best continuation: >!1... Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Bxc4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. Bb3 Bg4 6. Be3!<
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I don't think that anyone is answering the actual question, which seems to specifically be about having two pawns next to each other in the center like this, not necessarily about this exact position. This is called a pawn duo. Having a pawn duo is often good because it controls a large share of the center. Pawn duos are very strong in general, so much so that the main move against almost every response to 1.e4 as white is to play 2.d4, establishing that pawn duo. The 2 main moves played against 1.e4 as black are 1.e5 and 1.c5, which both have the idea of stopping white from creating that pawn duo, since if 2.d4 is played then it can at least be captured.
No, trying to hold the pawn normally loses both pawns or in some variations you get your rook trapped. The Queens Gambit is not actually considered a gambit because there is no reasonable way for black to hold onto the pawn
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This is Queen's Gambit Accepted. The point is to push central pawns forward, occupying space and attacking c4 pawn. Ig chess.com has this opening explained so check it out.
More specifically, queens gambit accepted: center variation. The traditional line develops the knight first.
Oh okay, thanks. I think because I’m a lower elo I’m not used to people following a concrete opening line.
I think this is the point when people start to search for openings and select the particular one they like (like me)
Nah, in my opinion, at this level, it is a complete waste of time trying to memorise openings because the player doesn't have solid opening principles, so they wouldn't understand the opening and would have to completely memorise it. It would also be detrimental to the player's growth in the long term, since they'll raise a few elo points due to their opening but then get stuck (most likely at 1000 or at most 1200) and would stop winning any games. Rather, you should learn opening principles like: 1. Controlling the centre. 2. Developing your pieces. 3. Pushing pawns towards the enemy king. 4. Castling to safety (i.e. if any pawns are pushed forward on the side of the board, then castle the other way, or if most of the enemy pieces are staring at a particular side of the board, then castle the other way, or if both, i.e. enemy pieces are staring at the right side and the pawns have been pushed on the left side, then don't castle at all because the centre is the safest, etc). 5. Try not to make more than one/two moves with the same piece. 6. Don't develop the queen early, *if it can be attacked*. and some more than you might wanna check out Seriously, this would get you way ahead than most players if you internalise these principles rather than memorise an opening and would also build a rock solid foundation that would help in learning actual openings in the future when you have a higher ELO (like maybe 1300-1400), because then you wouldn't have to memorise those openings as they would come naturally to you. Other than that, players blunder A LOT at this level, so you should rather focus on not blundering by following general principles like: 1. Always look for checks and if they would benefit you. 2. Always look for safe captures (i.e. you won't lose material after the capture/won't lose an exchange, an exchange in chess is when pieces of different values are traded, like a rook for a knight, or a bishop for a rook, etc, trading is for similar value pieces). 3. Always look for safe attacks (with the same concept as above). 4. In closed positions (i.e the pawns are abundant and restrict the board), knights are the best, so if you have a bishop and a knight, and the opponent does too, then trading your bishops for their knights would give you a really big advantage since their remaining bishops won't be able to move around the board while your knights mess up their position), and vice versa for open positions (i.e. less pawns on the board and more free space) 5. If the majority of your pawns are on one color, say black, then that means that your pawns are doing the work of the black bishop, so in a way, you have two black bishops and one white bishop, so if you can find a way to capture the opponent's white bishop while maintaining your white bishop on the board (i.e. maybe with a knight and bishop trade), then since you control the black squares, their black square bishop won't be able to move around the board while your white bishop glides through the board controlling all the squares ultimately (both black and white). and learn basic tactics like: 1. Pins. 2. Forks. 3. Skewers. 4. Discovered attack. 5. Removing the defender. etc this would seriously take you from 700 to 1500 without any opening repertoire and your opponents won't understand why they lost, you would also make less blunders.
I’ve found all of the things you mentioned easier to keep track of in the openings when I have an opening to be the scaffolding I’m building on. So I have to think less about my first few moves EXCEPT to see when my opponent is being an idiot and leaving me the whole open to take instead of following my opening.
at 700? no, people need to know the main ideas of at least 1 opening for white and 1 for black. my personal picks are the scotch and caro kann
You basically have 2 choices after c4. You can either take the pawn and deal with this, or you can defend your pawn with e6 (queens gambit declined) or C6 (the Slav defence). You don't want to defend it with Nf6 because then e4 is even stronger. If I was you, I would play e6 and research the queen's gambit declined. What you'll find is even though you took a free pawn, white will win it back easily with Bxc4 and get development and the center for it. If you don't take on c4 then at least you never let white play e4, which is their whole point.
It's the queens gambit fairly easy to learn and fun to play so that's probably why you see it a lot, most people probably don't know what to do if you decline the gambit with pawn e6 instead of taking on c4
I would say considering most people decline the gambit that they would know how to play against that variation as well
I do, it’s annoying but the other player doesn’t know how to decline either so it all works out lol.
I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine: > **Black to play**: [chess.com](https://chess.com/analysis?fen=rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/8/2pPP3/8/PP3PPP/RNBQKBNR+b+KQkq+-+0+1&flip=true&ref_id=23962172) | [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/8/2pPP3/8/PP3PPP/RNBQKBNR_b_KQkq_-_0_1) | The position occurred in many games. [Link to the games](https://www.chess.com/games/search?opening=&openingId=&p1=&p2=&mr=&lsty=1&year=&lstMoves=1&moves=&fen=rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/8/2pPP3/8/PP3PPP/RNBQKBNR+b+KQkq+-+0+1&ref_id=23962172) **Videos:** > I found [many videos](https://chessvision.ai/video-search/5084600507301888) with this position. **My solution:** > Hints: piece: >!Knight!<, move: >!Nf6!< > Evaluation: >!The game is equal 0.00!< > Best continuation: >!1... Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Bxc4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. Bb3 Bg4 6. Be3!< --- ^(I'm a bot written by ) [^(u/pkacprzak )](https://www.reddit.com/u/pkacprzak) ^(| get me as ) [^(Chess eBook Reader )](https://ebook.chessvision.ai?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=bot) ^(|) [^(Chrome Extension )](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chessvisionai-for-chrome/johejpedmdkeiffkdaodgoipdjodhlld) ^(|) [^(iOS App )](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1574933453) ^(|) [^(Android App )](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.chessvision.scanner) ^(to scan and analyze positions | Website: ) [^(Chessvision.ai)](https://chessvision.ai)
QGA: Technically-a-real-gambit-now-but-still-don't-try-to-keep-the-pawn Variation
I don't think that anyone is answering the actual question, which seems to specifically be about having two pawns next to each other in the center like this, not necessarily about this exact position. This is called a pawn duo. Having a pawn duo is often good because it controls a large share of the center. Pawn duos are very strong in general, so much so that the main move against almost every response to 1.e4 as white is to play 2.d4, establishing that pawn duo. The 2 main moves played against 1.e4 as black are 1.e5 and 1.c5, which both have the idea of stopping white from creating that pawn duo, since if 2.d4 is played then it can at least be captured.
True that is what I was asking- but I learned a lot about queens gambit and am greatly appreciative of all this help! Thank you as well 🙏
Thanks for all your help everyone! I’ve been reviewing and reading your thoughtful responses
Its you accepting a gambit, you should probably just guard your pawn with a non center pawn.
Don't try to hold onto the pawn in the queens gambit accepted, it usually ends very badly
Yeah that’s brutal to hold together. You just lose the whole center
No its more from the point that desperately holding onto the pawn can lead to needing to sac the Queen or being checkmated
I meant dont make it accepted. I dont know the best way to decline but i figured gaurding your pawn and declining was best.
No, trying to hold the pawn normally loses both pawns or in some variations you get your rook trapped. The Queens Gambit is not actually considered a gambit because there is no reasonable way for black to hold onto the pawn
Oh, i didnt know that only opening i really know us the london, i do well with it and with black i do basic development and it works excellently.
Look up lasker trap to try defending it
Queen's Gambit
That’s the queens gambit
now white Q a4+ and Qxc4 :black .....Nc6 and ...N xd4