Queen's Gambit Accepted, Old Variation (3.e3)

Описание: The Queen's Gambit Accepted is a tricky opening for white to face, and he has several ways to battle it. A quiet way to play against is simply e3, the Old Variation, wanting to recapture the pawn on c4 immediately.

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Instead of defending on d5, in the Queen's Gambit Accepted (from now on reffered to as QGA:D) black simply takes the pawn on c4 and makes white prove his compensation for the pawn or makes him waste time regaining the pawn.

White has a couple of ways to play against this. He can either try to collect the pawn back straight away with e3 or Nf3, calmly developing, or he can strike at the center straight away with e4. Nf3, which is the main line, and e3, the Old Variation, often tranpose, although e3 has a few inependent lines. Most branch out when black uses the fact that white hasn't played Nf3, thus defending the e5 square, and strikes out with e5!

This move disrupts white's play and aims to destroy white's central control by the time white has regained his lost pawn.

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