Is Queens Gambit a Good Opening

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Is Queens Gambit a Good Opening?

Anindo_The_PRO

yup i like it

My_Budgies
Anindo_The_PRO wrote:

yup i like it

I like queens gambit accepted

Anindo_The_PRO
Nihar_Raju_23 wrote:
Anindo_The_PRO wrote:

yup i like it

I like queens gambit accepted

same

Anindo_The_PRO

it gives a quite good position for white

chamo2074

The answer to your main question is yes

But the answer to the follow up question: "SHould I study it?" is undefined

Wildekaart

The Queen's Gambit is a great opening. Would follow this up with Pawn Sacrifice or Searching For Bobby Fischer.

My_Budgies
Wildekaart wrote:

The Queen's Gambit is a great opening. Would follow this up with Pawn Sacrifice or Searching For Bobby Fischer.

It is easy to win with Kings Gambit

fergusonm

It is a very good opening arising from 1.d4. Generally, if you like solid positional chess you should play 1.d4 whereas if you like more tactical and open chess you should play 1. e4. This is a massive generalisation however it is necessary. If you would like to improve as a chess player, then please choose between 1.e4 and 1.d4 from white. If you choose 1.d4 the best opening to learn is the queen's gambit. Almost all stronger players prefer the queen's gambit declined however in lower level chess it is necessary to learn how to punish the queen's gambit accepted.

You would also need to learn how to combat 1... Nf6 for your repertoire.

In summary, for your level just pick a popular opening and play it until you get good.

My_Budgies
fergusonm wrote:

It is a very good opening arising from 1.d4. Generally, if you like solid positional chess you should play 1.d4 whereas if you like more tactical and open chess you should play 1. e4. This is a massive generalisation however it is necessary. If you would like to improve as a chess player, then please choose between 1.e4 and 1.d4 from white. If you choose 1.d4 the best opening to learn is the queen's gambit. Almost all stronger players prefer the queen's gambit declined however in lower level chess it is necessary to learn how to punish the queen's gambit accepted.

You would also need to learn how to combat 1... Nf6 for your repertoire.

In summary, for your level just pick a popular opening and play it until you get good.

Thank you

RussBell

Chess Openings Resources for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/openings-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell

My_Budgies
RussBell wrote:

Chess Openings Resources for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/openings-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond

thank you

RussBell

welcome!

chamo2074
fergusonm a écrit :

It is a very good opening arising from 1.d4. Generally, if you like solid positional chess you should play 1.d4 whereas if you like more tactical and open chess you should play 1. e4. This is a massive generalisation however it is necessary. If you would like to improve as a chess player, then please choose between 1.e4 and 1.d4 from white. If you choose 1.d4 the best opening to learn is the queen's gambit. Almost all stronger players prefer the queen's gambit declined however in lower level chess it is necessary to learn how to punish the queen's gambit accepted.

You would also need to learn how to combat 1... Nf6 for your repertoire.

In summary, for your level just pick a popular opening and play it until you get good.

The thing is, for a beginner to improve, they don't have to play the best openings, they can play instructive ones as well...

For the queen's gambit, @Nihal_Raju_23 needs to know that he is gonna study lines and lines of chess, and maybe not even getting the mainline mentioned in his book, it happened to me, I got the sidelines so often that I gave it up.

However if you can play it by understanding (because at your level you don't really need to study theory), go on I encourage you...

Bear in mind that it will be tricky to play against the Indian Nf6 lines, so I recommend you watch some tutorials

My_Budgies

yes

chamo2074

Btw, if you read the introduction of your QG theory book, you won't get too encouraged, you will read:

Page 1 to 100: Queen's gambit declined

Page 100 to 200: Queen;s gambit accepted

Page 200 to 300: Slav defense

Page 300 to 600: Indian game

Page 600 to 700: Tarrasch defense

etc..

My_Budgies
chamo2074 wrote:

Btw, if you read the introduction of your QG theory book, you won't get too encouraged, you will read:

Page 1 to 100: Queen's gambit declined

Page 100 to 200: Queen;s gambit accepted

Page 200 to 300: Slav defense

Page 300 to 600: Indian game

Page 600 to 700: Tarrasch defense

etc..

Ok

chamo2074
Grimbearer a écrit :

Theoretically, yes. But when the Morphy defence is played, you have to play very accurately to win. Personally, the QG is my favourite opening.

The Morphy defence is a Ruy Lopez variation