Hello everyone! Welcome to your ultimate no-nonsense guide to playing the Queen's Gambit. This is one of chess's oldest, most popular, and simply best openings. As such however, there are many sprawling lines, ideas, and plans in many positions. To combat this, this video covers EVERYTHING you need to know to play almost every position coming out of the Queen's Gambit. I have covered all the mainlines, aswell as all the important sidelines.

This opening promises interesting and fun positions nearly every single time, and if Beth Harmon is playing it, you should too! Like and subscribe for more video like this!

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0:00 Intro & Idea of c4
2:15 Accepted Variation 3. b5
6:24 Accepted Variation 3. e6 (or Nf6/Nc6)
10:35 Accepted Variation 3. e5
15:52 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange Variation
27:31 Tarrasch Defense
30:35 Nimzo-Indian Transposition
33:27 Accelerated Semi-Slav, Marshall Gambit
40:05 Slav Defense, Shabalov Attack
49:39 Marshall Defense
51:22 Albin Countergambit
54:06 Austrian Variation
55:34 Baltic Defense
57:34 Chigorin Defense