OPENING PRACTICE - Queen's Gambit - Declined 2 - White

• The Queen's Gambit is a very popular opening for White, in which White opens up with the d-pawn and then offers up the c-pawn as a sacrifice (that's the gambit).  If Black captures the c-pawn, then he is accepting the gambit, and if he refuses the gambit (does not capture the pawn) then it is known as Queen's Gambit Declined. In the puzzle below you can practice playing the Queen's Gambit Declined as a White player.  

  It should be noted that after three moves, the Gambit can go off in many different directions, so this is only one variation that can occur.  So mainly focus on those first three or four moves as part of the Gambit, after that just try to make the best responses to Black's moves.  In this particular variation, after Black declines the gambit, White then captures Black's d-pawn.

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Links to other Opening Practice Puzzles

Sicilian Defense - Najdorf Variation - Black

Sicilian Defense - Najdorf Variation - White

Sicilian Defense - Dragon Variation - Black

Sicilian Defense - Classical Variation - Black

Queen's Gambit - Declined 1 - White

Queen's Gambit - Declined 2 - White

King's Gambit - Accepted - White

Fried Liver Attack 1 - White

Fried Liver Attack 2 - White

Fried Liver Attack Defense - Black

Lolli Attack - White

Evan's Gambit Accepted - White

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