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Queens Gambit Accepted 3rd move Side Lines (White)
Short answer
3.Qa4+ and 3.Bf4 are reasonnable enough moves but not dangerous for Black.
3.Nd2?! and 3.b4? are very dubious.
1. "Traditional line"
I don't know why you name it that way, 3.Nf3 or 3....
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Why isn't 3.e4 more popular in the QGA?
I'm not sure which database you are looking at: I see 3.e4 as the second, not third, most popular choice on chess.com, though not by much:
Here's what one author says about 3.Nf3:
Throughout the ...
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"A better move" recommended by chess.com but almost never played?
Chess.com listed this as an inaccuracy because the engine is running at a limited depth, only looking at each move for a few seconds.
When I put the position after 5...Bg4 into Stockfish, it gave an ...
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Playing a line in QGA from a QGD for White
After 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3, 3...e6 is a pretty weak response due to 4.e4!. In your example, you can reach that exact position, where you basically take as much space in the center as you want for ...
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Dark-squared bishop after QGA 3. e3
In the e3 lines the bishop helps on the queenside which is nice if Black tries to hold the pawn. White's goals are:
Breakup Black's queenside pawns
Get a lead in development as Black will be making ...
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What do QGA players usually play when White doesn't play exactly 1.d4 d5 2.c4?
It is a matter of taste
It depends on what kind of QGA they like to play, but assuming they like the main lines, there is a bunch of standard moves Black wants to get in anyway and that they can play ...
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Queen's Gambit Accepted Nc3 VS Nd2
Unless you have a good reason, why would you block your own queen bishop and release tension on the important d5 square?
The idea of the gambit is to intensify pressure on the d5 square. Volunteering ...
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Pros and Cons for black in Queen's Gambit Accepted
A super-abridged guide to the QGA (Queen's Gambit Accepted) is that Black temporarily cedes the center with dxc4, and hopes to develop rapidly while White recovers the pawn (you'll want to look up ...
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Why isn't 3.e4 more popular in the QGA?
I play e3 because I prefer more positional play. I want to first improve my position before a possible e4. In a more closed game the loss of tempo is not very important. That said, e4 is perfectly ...
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Why isn't 3.e4 more popular in the QGA?
e4 isn't as popular because when you play e4 black can actually defend his extra pawn for quite some time, but with e3 if black is keen on actually defending his pawn he will lose material and will be ...
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Pros and Cons for black in Queen's Gambit Accepted
If you are a beginner, studying tactics, general opening principles and some strategy first will be more useful than learning any opening.
Basically the idea of the queen's gambit for white is to ...
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Is it a good habit for an amateur to always try to play the best move (according to his best calculation and knowledge)?
I recently had a game against a player rated about 200 points higher. With black, after my opponents 14th move 14. Bd2, I had to make a difficult decision, as my king was still on e8, and my opponent ...
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Is it a good habit for an amateur to always try to play the best move (according to his best calculation and knowledge)?
This is a fairly simple question, really.
Beyond the opening, you should always try to play the best move. Playing for traps will hinder your development. You learn by playing what you think is the ...
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Is it a good habit for an amateur to always try to play the best move (according to his best calculation and knowledge)?
This is a complicated question since chess is very complicated, and both board, and time, factors may be part of a decision.
Overall, yes, you should always play the best move probably 99% of the ...
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Why is the next best move Nf3, instead of moving Bg5?
It's not really a sacrifice because the move in effect counterattacks the Nc6. You don't want to play dxc6 at once because after Bxc6 your Queen must move
and Black will follow up with Bxg2. If you ...
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Why is the next best move Nf3, instead of moving Bg5?
Nf3 is suggested because, after fxg5 the c4 bishop has become monstrously strong and prevents the black king from castling while you can castle and bring your rook into the game on the E file, putting ...
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Dark-squared bishop after QGA 3. e3
If Black just develops passively, then eventually (perhaps after castling), you will try to push e4. This gives the bishop the option of developing along the c1-h6 diagonal. However, Black commonly ...
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Playing a line in QGA from a QGD for White
One of the basic general ideas about openings is that if your opponent lets you, play d4 and e4 to get a commanding center. The fundamental idea of the Queen's Gambit is that after 1. d4 d5, we ...
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Pros and Cons for black in Queen's Gambit Accepted
As was said already: "If you are a beginner, studying tactics, general opening principles and some strategy first will be more useful than learning any opening."
I would add End Games to that ...
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