When playing the queens gambit (d2-d4, d7-d5, c2-c4) What should white play if black replies with c7-c6? e7-e6 is the correct response but is there anyway to gain an advantage if black protects the dpawn with their c pawn instead of the epawn?
Any help/ideas much appreciated!!
Thanks
This is the Slav Variation of QGD. It is a well-respected opening, used since about 1910, especially by Slavic masters, like Alapin. Euwe used it in 1930's. Responses by white include pxp, Nf3, Nc3, e3. Not to be critical, but you really should get an opening book. Reuben Fine's Ideas Behind the Chess Openings is good but a little dated. It enables you to understand the openings, instead of just memorizing lines. No, e6 is not the only "correct" move for black. Have fun, and good chess!
Originally posted by KingoftheRink2. ... e6 is only one of the many 'correct' replies to 1.d4 d5 2.c4. Amongst other choices (Nf6, c6, dxc4, Nc6, g6, ...) c6 is one of the better options. Check in the opening books for Slav or Semi-Slav.
When playing the queens gambit (d2-d4, d7-d5, c2-c4) What should white play if black replies with c7-c6? e7-e6 is the correct response but is there anyway to gain an advantage if black protects the dpawn with their c pawn instead of the epawn?
Any help/ideas much appreciated!!
Thanks
Your reply as white is also one of many: Nf3, Nc3, cxd5, e3, Bf4, g3, ...
One reason why black defends the d-pawn with c6 is that this pawn does not block the bishop on c8 like the e-pawn does when moving to e6. A disadvantage is that kingside development (especially the bishop on f8) is deferred by at least one move.
2...c6 is also the correct response 🙂 It's called the Slave defense (or can transpose into the semi-slav) and is, in my opinion, the best way to meet 1.d4 😉
After 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6, a brief overview of some lines:
a) 3.cd cd - the Exchange variation, which has a very tame reputation but Black can go wrong quickly if unprepared
b) 3.Nf3 (the main line, and a little better than 3.Nc3, as this allows 3...dc) Nf6 4.Nc3 dc 5.a4 (5.e4 is the Geller gambit, allowing Black to hold the pawn with 5...b5), 5...Bf5 then:
i) 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4, with a balanced position
ii) 6.Ne5 - this is a complex variation, and the modern main line, in which Black has to either sac a piece for a few pawns in the line 6...e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4 9.Bd2 Qxd4.
c) 3.e3 is a useful move order that aims to avoid the main lines, as Black has some problems if he tries tot ranspose to the main lines. Either 3...e6 leading to the semi slav, or 3...a6 (Morozevich's move) give fairly complex positions.
It was used a great deal in the Alekhine - Euwe world championship matches in the 1930's. Worth having a look over those games.