Yap: Queen’s Gambit Accepted - Opening Repertoire improvers long-term sacrifices and much more

long-term sacrifices and much more

as well as the coach of the five-time national champion SPICE chess teams

In addition to his professional qualifications

The series is designed to build systematic understanding of middlegame and endgame principles that separates winning players from those relying solely on opening theory

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Yap: Queen’s Gambit Accepted - Opening Repertoire improvers long-term sacrifices and much moreThe Queen's Gambit Accepted (1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4) has a long history and has always been popular at all levels of play. However, in the past few years it has undergone an explosion of interest, thanks to many new discoveries of possibilities for very dynamic play from Black. One of these is the line 1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 3 e4 b5!?. This was previously thought to be a very poor line for Black but numerous recent games and investigations have completely