Queen's Pawn Game · D00
Hübsch Gambit
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4
The pawns on d5 and e4 stand in direct tension - the first player to resolve it chooses the structure.
The first 4 moves, explained
- 1. d4 Stakes a claim in the centre, controlling e5, and frees the bishop and queen.
- 1... Nf6 Develops the knight to f6, eyeing d5 and e4.
- 2. Nc3 Develops the knight to c3, eyeing d5 and e4.
- 2... d5 Stakes a claim in the centre, controlling e4, and frees the bishop and queen. Theory calls this the Chigorin Variation.
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Where this fits
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