Queen's Gambit

Queen's Gambit is a chess opening with the ECO code D06. It goes 1. d4 d5 2. c4. White opens with 1. d4 (the queen's pawn) and Black answers 1... d5. After 3 moves it is Black to move. The lesson on the board explains every move of the line and lets you play it yourself; it is free.

The moves

• 1. d4 – White plays the pawn to d4
• 1... d5 – Black plays the pawn to d5
• 2. c4 – White plays the pawn to c4

In chessGM's opening book this position continues with 2... c6, 2... e6, 2... Nc6, 2... e5, 2... dxc4.

chessGM has a full course for this line: open the Queen's Gambit course lesson.

Related openings

• It extends: Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4 d5)
• Continues with: Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense – adds 2... c5
• Continues with: Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense – adds 2... Bf5
• Continues with: Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense – adds 2... Nf6
• Continues with: Queen's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints Gambit – adds 2... b5
• Continues with: Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense – adds 2... Nc6
• Continues with: Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit – adds 2... e5
• Continues with: Slav Defense – adds 2... c6
• Continues with: Queen's Gambit Accepted – adds 2... dxc4

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