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The Queen Gambit
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It is my main weapon against 1.d4
I play a lot of lines that were popular pre WWII.. many of them have not been refuted, with GMs moving on only due to fads. And because of this... pretty much unknown over the board in the modern era
The Orthodox I find very flexible. It has elements of the Tarassch, the Tartakower.. and the Lasker. I am finding that it is only draw'ish if White's play is not extremely accurate. Due to this it is making me reassesses other openings that are known to be draw'ish... like the Petroff etc..
The Queen's Gambit is the chess opening that starts with the moves:[1]
1. d4 d5
2. c4
It is one of the oldest openings and is still commonly played today. It is traditionally described as a gambitbecause White appears to sacrifice the c-pawn; however, this could be considered a misnomer as Black cannot retain the pawn without incurring a disadvantage.
The Queen's Gambit is one of the oldest known openings in chess. It was mentioned in the Göttingen manuscript of 1490 and was later analyzed by Gioachino Greco in the 17th century. In the 18th century, it was recommended by Philipp Stamma of Aleppo and is sometimes known as the Aleppo Gambit in his honor. During the early period of modern chess, queen pawn openings were not in fashion, and the Queen's Gambit did not become commonplace until the 1873 tournament in Vienna.
As Wilhelm Steinitz and Siegbert Tarrasch developed chess theory and increased the appreciation of positional play, the Queen's Gambit grew more popular,reaching its zenith in the 1920s and 1930s, and it was played in all but 2 of 34 games in the 1927 World Championship match between José Raúl Capablancaand Alexander Alekhine.
After the resumption of international chess activity following World War II, it was less frequently seen as many players moved away from symmetrical openings, tending to use an Indian Defence to combat queen pawn openings; however, it is still frequently played.