Queen's Gambit Accepted, Central Variation (3.e4)

[@8292-d6n]

3:39 Main 12:22 Alekhine 15:51 Modern 21:06 Rubinstein 28:24 Greco

[@ahmedismail4325]

thank's

[@lucasscott8516]

wow i just subscribed a week ago and i did not expect you to post so often. very impressive! i respect the dedication

[@thebossbaby5763]

your videos are so high quality, and clearly have been from the start. You deserve all the success you have got and much more.

[@tedpaul8391]

Thanks for going over the greco variation!

[@fredheinz1134]

Excellent presentation, as it is with all of your informative chess videos, cheers.

[@joker0ping737]

love each vid, helped me prepare for a tournament tomorrow- appreciate it

[@JohmmyN]

I've been playing the QGA for ~3 years and playing Nc6 against e4, but recently I started playing b5 instead and BOY, THE GAMES ARE WAY FUNNIER!

[@rg5_rl714]

How long have you been playing chess?

[@JohmmyN]

@@rg5_rl714 about 5 years, i believe.

[@easysimplechess9930]

I'm a 1924 rated player that comfortably play the alekhine sometimes against titled players, I would feel very uncomfortable trading the d pawn for the c pawn in the "Alekhine System". It is now very hard to take over the center using the pressure on the e pawn. and the knight on b6 is really misplaced, without the pressure on the c4 pawn, and support a d5 break. It look much more like a Grunfeld System to be honest. It does not play like an Alekhine at all.

[@shubhamrajguru8278]

Hey Stjepan, I have learnt a lot from your videos and really appreciate them. I have gone through your 1.e4 series and it is quite amazing. But can you please do a series on Vienna Game. I tried to make out some theory using GM games and engine but there is no solid results. The Games played by GM differ too much and the Engines are not much reliable either. Thank You

[@prlarora1869]

Great work sir. Amazing content. Sir please make vedio series on catalan i really needed it.

[@davidkuen2146]

Yes please catalan would be awesome

[@honeyleaf2499]

It seems you got what you wanted

[@cosmic4297]

5:05 3…Nf3 main **5:40 Bb4 Side line -8:15 exd4 Main **8:35 Trap after c5 -10:50 Bb5 Main 12:30 3…d5 Alekhine System **14:05 Forced draw 15:50 3…Nc6 Modern **16:05 Be3 Queen sacrifice line **18:25 Nf3 Main line 21:05 3…c5 Rubinstein **22:05 d5 Main line **22:25 Nf6 Side line **25:25 e6 Main 28:25 3…b5 Greco **31:55 Nf3 Easier to play

[@az36zarz66]

Hello ..I like the explanation you do ..and I like the thumbnail..its beautiful . Thank you ( Im a beginner in chess ).

[@zanevillaincru]

Thanks!

[@alainvandervelden3616]

Dear Stjephan, I love your videos's, keep up the good work. However I'm a bit puzzled with the selection of lines sometimes. For example you show some extremely rare lines (like the one that was never played). At other points you skip over big variations (For example: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc 3.e4 c5 4. d5 e6 5.Nc3! ). Now I don't necessarily mind, because I need to analyse myself anyway and I will certainly still watch. But I wonder how you choose which lines to show, if not just by popularity? A bit of your own taste is good I suppose but that doesnt always seem to be the case..? Anyway don't take it too critical, love your work!

[@renaissancerachnavali3287]

QGA is very beautiful

[@williamh694]

Sopiko has a Chessable book where she recommends 3...b5. Sharp stuff.

[@NikolaJanakov]

11:22 is a6 possible instead of a5 where white have the chance to have double a pawns and not rushing the bishop to take the knight and if he plays anything else I go ne7 to replace the knight on next move if needed or king side castle

[@3looy]

Thanks, im switching from e4 to d4

[@bharatarora1987]

Excellent video

[@christopherblocher7918]

I’d love to see your game where the rook is sacrificed after b5. It seems so bad to me, I have trouble seeing how it could be worth it!

[@amanjali1091]

At 33:35 after you castle, Ra7 comes for you instead Ne2 and you won’t be happy with this.

[@submenal9858]

Hey i just wanted to as u that if the main line e5 opening is basically just the game between v anand and kasparov

[@mikestubbs1708]

Hmmm...interesting to speculate whether the Greco Variation holds up in Corres chess games!?

[@ventsyv]

I'll take black in the modern variation. As an amateur playing queen vs rook and a knight would be much easier. Especially if I can tradeoff the bishops...

[@herack5928]

sorry if this seems like a dumb question, but after winning the night at 17:00, can't white play b4 or ne2 to give an escape square for their queen?

[@goatkoala573]

Yes possible, could go something like this: B4 B6 - Qa3 a5 - Qb2 axb4 - Uh, and I forgot what I was going, I went to sleep

[@bita_smietana1517]

The engine says na4 is the best move, and as far as I remember you somehow give up the knight. Going ne2 gets you in a lot of trouble.

[@bita_smietana1517]

Nd1 is a tiny bit better but black gets a lot of compensation for the piece. It's better for white to go 10. Na4, and give it back after black goes Qe7 threatening Bc4+ winning the queen, 11. Bc5 defending, b6, 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qc3 Bxa4 capturing the knight back 14. Qxc4 capturing the pawn, and defending the hanging pawn on e4. This is what gives me lichess cloud engine on my phone. Black is -0,2. Also after trying to save the piece by moving your knight to d8 you lose your e4 pawn right away, and then black with the knight on e4 threatens to win your queen which now has no squares, and you have to play b4, black plays Qe7 threatening to win your queen by Bc4+, so you have to play Rb1, and then black plays b5, it's -1,5 despite being up a piece. Black has much more active pieces, and a passed pawn, white has problem developing, their queen is misplaced, their king is unsafe. After Nb1 trying to rescue the queen black won all 4 games on lichess, after Ne2 one game was drawn, also there is one game after Nb1 and one game after Ne2 in the masters database both won by black. Trying to move the night to e2, b1 or d1 is just bad, of course the line I mentioned has never been played but if someone wonders like I did why it's bad to try and rescue the queen other ways than Na4 giving the knight back, then there's the answer.

[@pat-9443]

5:13 Nf3

[@kerryhall]

What about 3...e6? Lichess shows that as the most common reply, at least in my rating range.

[@amadeodante]

It’s just a bad move I used to play the qga central and nearly everytime they played e6 they are trying to pin your queen’s knight which can be countered by the simple Bd3 protecting the e4 pawn and as a bonus it can set up for a greek gift sacrifice or if you’re particularly lower rated the enemy’s queen might take your pawn in which case Bb5 checks the king and wins the queen

[@mspeachpeach5651]

At 9.06: What is wrong with Qh5 g6, Nxg6 Nf6, is this not advantage to black?

[@xFlRSTx]

queen can just slide back and keep the pin on the h file, its still a good move cause its free tempi and gets rid of the pin on the king but blacks king is still naked and his rook is still attacked

[@mspeachpeach5651]

@@xFlRSTx Thank you for your reply. Yes, I missed the White's Q move to Qh3. Not good for Black.

[@blablabla4090]

25:27

[@phozonn]

I can't see how white punishes if at 29:35 black just captures on e4

[@matejsevcik6082]

he cannot punish him, but e6 is just better

[@goatkoala573]

It’s quite the best move if white plays a7 attacking the bishop, which is a commun thing for withe to do there

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[@bukidsporttv2564]

I cant understand ... Why the board is alwyas in wrong side ... While you are explaining the white side ...!!!

[@michaela2706]

Huh? He's going through Black's options to play against e4