ECO D06 Play as White

Queen's Gambit

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Moves

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About the Queen's Gambit

White offers a pawn to gain central control. Not a true gambit as the pawn can be recovered.

Move by move

  1. Controls the center and prepares c4.
  2. Black stakes a claim in the center.
  3. The Queen's Gambit! White offers the c-pawn to undermine Black's center.