Yap: Queen’s Gambit Accepted - Opening Repertoire BILD ZU KLEIN physicist and chess master Alexander

physicist and chess master Alexander Shashin presents the fruit of three decades of research into the elements of the game

He has been World Champion since 2007

The reason for this is often one of the opening traps lurking everywhere

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Vladimir Tukmakov is an experienced chess coach and author who served as a close observer and chronicler of the 2020 Candidates Tournament

Yap: Queen’s Gambit Accepted - Opening Repertoire BILD ZU KLEIN physicist and chess master AlexanderThe Queen's Gambit Accepted (1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4) has a long history and has always been popular at all levels of play. However, in the past few years it has undergone an explosion of interest, thanks to many new discoveries of possibilities for very dynamic play from Black. One of these is the line 1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 3 e4 b5!?. This was previously thought to be a very poor line for Black but numerous recent games and investigations have completely