{"id":25,"date":"2021-01-07T07:38:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T07:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/?p=25"},"modified":"2021-01-12T00:10:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T00:10:13","slug":"how-to-play-queens-gambit-in-chess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/?p=25","title":{"rendered":"How to Play Queen&#8217;s Gambit In Chess"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Queen\u2019s Gambit is probably the most popular gambit and one of the oldest opening in chess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Queen&#8217;s Gambit happens when the following moves are played:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>d4 d5<\/li><li>c4<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"278\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/queens-gambit-chess-move.png\" alt=\"Queens Gambit Picture\" class=\"wp-image-27\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/queens-gambit-chess-move.png 278w, https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/queens-gambit-chess-move-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/queens-gambit-chess-move-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The objective of the queen&#8217;s gambit is to temporarily sacrifice a pawn to gain control of the center of the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is traditionally described as a gambit because White appears to sacrifice the c-pawn; however, this could be considered a misnomer as Black cannot retain the pawn without incurring a disadvantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Queen&#8217;s Gambit is divided into three major categories based on Black&#8217;s response<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[+] The Queen&#8217;s Gambit Accepted (QGA)<\/strong><br>The Queen&#8217;s Gambit Declined is one of Black&#8217;s three responses to White&#8217;s Queen Gambit opening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of accepting White&#8217;s wing pawn, Black chooses to secure his center pawn instead. Black focuses on controlling the center with the trade off of accepting a cramped position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[+] The Queen&#8217;s Gambit Declined (QGD)<\/strong><br>The Queen&#8217;s Gambit Declined is one of Black&#8217;s three responses to White&#8217;s Queen Gambit opening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of accepting White&#8217;s wing pawn, Black chooses to secure his center pawn instead. Black focuses on controlling the center with the trade off of accepting a cramped position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[+] And the Slav Defense<\/strong><br>In the Slav, Black also plays to hold d5 but doesn&#8217;t have to block his bishop in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video below to watch more detailed explanations of the opening, multiple variations, and extended lines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chess Openings: The Queen&#039;s Gambit\" width=\"760\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HdHWAuQRG7E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Queen\u2019s Gambit is probably the most popular gambit and one of the oldest opening in chess. The Queen&#8217;s Gambit happens when the following moves are played: d4 d5 c4 The objective of the queen&#8217;s gambit is to temporarily sacrifice a pawn to gain control of the center of the board. It is traditionally described [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opening-moves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/28"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensgambit.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}