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The Queen's Gambit is a chess opening that starts with the moves This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... This image is originally from xboard. ... The first moves of a chess game are the opening moves, collectively referred to as the opening. ... Algebraic chess notation is the method used today by all competition chess organizations and most books, magazines, and newspapers to record and describe the play of chess games. ...

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The Queen's Gambit is one of the oldest known chess openings, as Lucena wrote about it in 1497 and it is mentioned in an earlier manuscript in Göttingen. During the early period of modern chess, queen pawn openings were not in fashion, and the Queen's Gambit did not become common until the 1873 tournament in Vienna. As Steinitz and Tarrasch developed chess theory and increased the appreciation of positional play, the Queen's Gambit grew more popular. It reached its peak popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, and was played in 32 out of 34 games in the 1934 World Chess Championship. Since then Black has increasingly moved away from symmetrical openings, tending to use the Indian defences to combat queen pawn openings. The Queen's Gambit is still frequently played, however, and it remains an important part of many grandmasters' opening repertoires. Categories: Stub | 1465 births | 1530 deaths | Chess players ... Events May 10 - Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World. ... Landmark Gänseliesel fountain at the main market Göttingen (   listen?) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Hungarian: Bécs) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ... Wilhelm Steinitz Wilhelm Steinitz (May 17, 1836, Prague, Czech Republic (then Austrian Empire) - August 12, 1900,New York City, United States) was an Austrian chess player, and the first official World Champion of chess. ... Siegbert Tarrasch (March 5, 1862 – February 17, 1934) was one of the strongest chess players of the late 19th century. ... This page explains commonly used terms in chess in alphabetical order. ... Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties. // Events and trends Technology John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as Tommy gun John Logie Baird invents the first working mechanical television system (1925) Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to... // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The 1984 World Chess Championship was between Anatoly Karpov (right) and Garry Kasparov (left). ... In chess openings, the Indian defences are characterized by the opening moves 1. ... The five original grandmasters of chess, from left to right: Lasker (seated), Alekhine, Capablanca, Marshall, Tarrasch (seated) The title International Grandmaster is awarded to world-class chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. ...

With 2.c4, White threatens to exchange a wing pawn (the c-pawn) for a center pawn (Black's d-pawn) and dominate the center with e2-e4. This is not a true gambit since if Black accepts the pawn he cannot expect to keep it. An opening trap after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 goes 3.e3 b5? (Black tries to guard his pawn but should develop with e.g. 3. e4!) 4.a4 c6 5.axb5 cxb5?? 6.Qf3! winning a piece on Black's weakened queenside.

The Queen's Gambit is divided into two major categories based on Black's response: The Queen's Gambit Accepted (QGA) and the Queen's Gambit Declined (QGD). In the QGA, Black plays 2...dxc4, temporarily giving up the center to obtain freer development. In the QGD, Black holds the center at d5. Frequently Black will be cramped, but Black aims to exchange pieces and use the pawn breaks at c5 and e5 to free his game. The Queens Gambit Accepted, commonly abbreviated to QGA, is a chess opening characterized by the opening moves 1. ... The Queens Gambit Declined (QGD) is, in its broadest sense any variation of the Queens Gambit chess opening where Black does not play the Queens Gambit Accepted, 2. ...

Main variations

After 1.d4 d5 2.c4,

• 2...dxc4 (Queen's Gambit Accepted) (QGA)
• 2...Nc6 (Chigorin Defense)
• 2...c5 (Symmetrical Defense)
• 2...c6 (Slav Defense)
• 2...e5 (Albin Countergambit)
• 2...e6 (Queen's Gambit Declined) (QGD)
• 2...Bf5 (Baltic Defense)
• 2...Nf6 (Marshall Defense)

Technically, any Black response other than 2...dxc4 (or another line with an early ...dxc4 that transposes into the QGA) is a Queen's Gambit Declined, but the Slav, Chigorin Defense, and Albin Counter Gambit are generally treated separately. In fact there are so many QGD lines after 2...e6, that many of them are distinctive enough to warrant separate treatment. The Orthodox Defense and the Tarrasch Defense are two important examples. See Queen's Gambit Declined for more. The Queens Gambit Accepted, commonly abbreviated to QGA, is a chess opening characterized by the opening moves 1. ... The Chigorin Defense is a chess opening named for 19th century Russian grandmaster Mikhail Chigorin. ... The Symmetrical Defense is a chess opening that starts with the moves 1. ... The Slav Defense is a chess opening that begins with the moves (in algebraic notation) 1. ... Main line after 3. ... The Queens Gambit Declined (QGD) is, in its broadest sense any variation of the Queens Gambit chess opening where Black does not play the Queens Gambit Accepted, 2. ... The Baltic Defense is a chess opening that begins with the moves 1. ... The Marshall Defense is a chess opening that begins with the moves 1. ... The Tarrasch Defense is a chess opening characterized by the opening moves 1. ... The Queens Gambit Declined (QGD) is, in its broadest sense any variation of the Queens Gambit chess opening where Black does not play the Queens Gambit Accepted, 2. ...

The Slav Defense is a solid response, although many variations are very tactical. If Black plays both ...c6 and ...e6 (in either order), the opening takes characteristics of both the Slav and the Orthodox Defense and is classified as a Semi-Slav Defense. The Slav Defense is a chess opening that begins with the moves (in algebraic notation) 1. ... The Semi-Slav Defense is a variation of the Queens Gambit chess opening, defined by the opening moves (in algebraic notation 1. ...

The Chigorin Defense is unusual, but it appears to be playable for Black. The Chigorin Defense is a chess opening named for 19th century Russian grandmaster Mikhail Chigorin. ...

The Albin Countergambit is a sharp attempt for Black to gain the initiative. It is not common in top-level chess, but it can be a dangerous weapon in club play. Main line after 3. ... This page explains commonly used terms in chess in alphabetical order. ...

The Symmetrical Defense is very rarely played. Although it has not been definitely refuted, play seems to favor White. The Symmetrical Defense is a chess opening that starts with the moves 1. ...

If White chooses to fianchetto his king's bishop, the game transposes into the Catalan Opening. In chess the fianchetto (Italian little flanking) is a pattern of development wherein a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file, the knight pawn having been moved one or two squares forward. ... The Catalan is a chess opening which can be considered to be White adopting a mixture of the Queens Gambit and English Opening: White plays d4 and c4 and fianchettos his bishop on g2. ...

The Baltic Defense is offbeat but playable. The Baltic Defense is a chess opening that begins with the moves 1. ...

The Marshall Defense is the weakest of the Black replies listed. Definitely inferior, Marshall played it for a while in the 1920s before abandoning it. The Marshall Defense is a chess opening that begins with the moves 1. ... This article is about the early 20th century chess champion. ... Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties. // Events and trends Technology John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as Tommy gun John Logie Baird invents the first working mechanical television system (1925) Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to...

The Queen's Gambit, named after the opening, is also a 1983 novel by Walter Tevis (author of The Hustler) about a female chess prodigy.