Queen's Gambit Accepted, Main Line (3.Nf3)
The Queen's Gambit Accepted is a tricky opening for white to face, and he has several ways to battle it. The main line, with Nf3, either leads to exciting IQP attacking positions, or to boring symmetrical pawn structures. And white gets to choose between the two:D
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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.
The Main Line of the QGA is very thematic because it most often results in two important pawn structures - the isolated queen's pawn for white, or the symmetrical 4v4 on the kingside and 2v2 on the queenside.
The two positions are for white to choose from basically, as they branch out once black plays c5. If white takes dxc5, then it's symmetrical. And if black is allowed to take on d4, then white HAS to take with the e pawn, leading to IQP.
The IQP positions are imbalanced, sharp and exciting, and the symmetrical ones are often a draw and very boring. Learn both!
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