1 named line in this family, ECO
D06.
Under each line you get its moves and the sentences it adds that
this page has not already printed. A line's own page carries up to its
first 4 per-move notes in full.
In the centre, White holds d4 while Black holds d5.
1. d4Stakes a claim in the centre, controlling e5, and frees the bishop and queen.
1... d5Stakes a claim in the centre, controlling e4, and frees the bishop and queen.
2. c4Challenges the pawn on d5 - the central tension has to resolve. The pawn is genuinely on offer - this is the Queen's Gambit: development and initiative over material.
Walk these lines on a
board
An account opens every move's note in this family, the plan
behind each line, and a trainer that plays the line back at you.
It is free.
