Queen's Gambit Accepted

The main line

The Queen's Gambit Accepted is reached by 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 (ECO D20). It's one of 51 named lines under this opening in the book.

Named variations (21)

• Classical Defense — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 (D26)
• Central Variation — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 (D20)
• Old Variation — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 (D20)
• Alekhine Defense — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 (D22)
• Normal Variation — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 (D21)
• Gunsberg Defense — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 (D21)
• Classical — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Qe2 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nc6 9. e4 b5 10. e5 (D26)
• Saduleto Variation — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 (D20)
• Accelerated Mannheim Variation — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qa4+ (D20)
• Schwartz Defense — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 f5 (D20)
• Rosenthal Variation — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 (D21)
• Slav Gambit — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 b5 (D21)
• Godes Variation — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nd7 (D21)
• Showalter Variation — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 (D24)
• Mannheim Variation — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ (D23)
• Smyslov Variation — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 (D25)
• Janowski-Larsen Variation — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 (D25)
• Winawer Defense — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be6 (D25)
• Bogoljubow Defense — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 (D24)
• Linares Variation — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 (D20)
• Furman Variation — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 (D27)

Analyze the Queen's Gambit Accepted

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