D24 · Queen's Gambit Accepted

Queen's Gambit Accepted: Gunsberg Defense, Prianishenmo Gambit

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5
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The position after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5, Black to move.

In the Queen's Gambit Accepted: Gunsberg Defense, Prianishenmo Gambit, aim to understand the plans and pawn structures, not just memorize the first moves.

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The Queen's Gambit Accepted: Gunsberg Defense, Prianishenmo Gambit is a chess opening classified under ECO code D24. It is reached after the moves 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5: 13 moves in, with Black to play.

It belongs to the Queen's Gambit Accepted family — one of many ways the line can branch. Understanding the parent system’s plans is the fastest way to play this variation well.

Club players rarely lose the Queen's Gambit Accepted: Gunsberg Defense, Prianishenmo Gambit in the opening itself. They lose it a few moves later, when the plan behind the moves runs out: that is what reading your own games in this line shows you.

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