Crush the Queen's Gambit as Black | Accepted Variation

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The Queen's Gambit is one of the oldest and popular chess openings that is still commonly played today, thanks to the drama miniseries. It occurs after the opening moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4, as White sacrifices the c-pawn.

In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov teaches how to counter the Queen's Gambit with an active and aggressive play as Black. You will learn the Queen's Gambit Accepted (QGA) variation where you accept the gambit with 2...dxc4.

The trick is that most of your opponents won't really know much about this variation as it's less popular. If White doesn't know how to react properly, they will easily go down.

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► Chapters

00:00 Crush the Queen's Gambit as Black
00:18 Queen's Gambit Accepted
01:54 White plays 4.a4 to stop b5
02:28 1) If White plays 5.d5
05:44 3) If White plays 5.e3
07:36 4) 3.e4, Central Variation, McDonnell Defense
08:55 Do NOT make this mistake!
10:26 5) 3.e3, Old Variation

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[Brlitzkreig]

"White fight for equality, sounds like some radical political slogan." Lol I love Igor's humor 😆

[kohop]

Love the QGA and seeing my opponents already pausing to think for a few seconds longer than usual out of the opening. Leads to exciting positions!

[GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters

00:00 Crush the Queen's Gambit as Black
00:18 Queen's Gambit Accepted
01:54 White plays 4.a4 to stop b5
02:28 1) If White plays 5.d5
04:21 2) If White plays 5.dxe5
05:44 3) If White plays 5.e3
07:36 4) 3.e4, Central Variation, McDonnell Defense
08:55 Do NOT make this mistake!
10:26 5) 3.e3, Old Variation

[mikoajp.]

I very often play 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 ... 4. e3 ... 5. Bxc4 with good results (at beginner level), seeing the flaws of that opening is very instructive, thanks!

[feanaaro]

no matter how many variations Igor covers, the opponent will NEVER play any of the expected moves...

[gregkinney]

You're the best chess teacher. I've watched many of your videos over the last couple years. Thank you!

[TheThinkersBible]

Great explanation of the Queen's Gambit Accepted, certainly worth trying!

Igor is so slept on he deserves more subscribers

[cikonianiggra]

More and more satisfied with your videos, when I understand better your perfect English. Thank you for your briliant ideas in the chess and all the best for you in the new year.

[somakarpati]

Could you do a video on the Dutch defense?

[Habitt]

As someone who likes to play the Queens Gambit, this will help me too. Thanks for telling me your defensive secrets!

[BogdanRacinowski]

Thank you Igor for your great video as always. But what about White's most popular response 3.Nf3?

[ionelrauti]

I use your videos in many games. Thanks

[usageunit]

Here's a funny line in the QGA: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 (3. e3 b5 4. a4 b4) 3... Nf6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4
The engine hates it, but it scores well against humans because it's completely out of book and white has no easy way to get rid of the black pawn on b4.

[NimaRa]

Thank you a lot for this amazing tutorial!❤

[WilliamBarker]

You got a new mic. Sounds good. Camera too.

[tt]

I like the Albus Dumbledore countergambit, makes the opponent think at a 1000 level.

[jacobcarrizales]

The problem with e5 after e3 is after Nf6 white has Qb3, and unless they trade the queen off you’re going to be winning material in most of those lines. And trading the queen requires you to give white a huge lead in development.

I recommend to beginners playing Nf3, letting the bishop capture the pawn. The thematic …c5, most new players will just capture the pawn and black is fine, if they don’t black is still pretty equal. Follow it up with e6 and a6 almost no matter what white plays, capture back with your bishop if they take the pawn, at that point you don’t mind trading queens because you’re gonna be able to easily manually castle or at least get out of the way of your rook in the center. And you’ve got a very playable position.

[cruelpirate]

@9:42 instead of Bb4+ why not Nf2? The only counter white can do that I spotted is Qb3, but after, say Na1, d6 cd Bf7+ Ke7 black seems to be on top.

[ytmndman]

Hey the position on the board in the clip in the beginning is Morphy's Opera Game