Queen's Gambit
1 variation · D06
The idea
The c-pawn as bait.
White offers the c-pawn to lure Black's pawn away from d5. Black can take it, or hold d5 with e6 or c6.
Where it comes from
The Queen's Gambit already appears in the Göttingen manuscript, more than five hundred years old, and Greco analysed it in the seventeenth century. Yet it only became common after the Vienna tournament of 1873. It peaked in the 1920s and 1930s: in the 1927 world championship match between Capablanca and Alekhine it was played in 32 of the 34 games. Whether it is a real gambit at all has been questioned: Black can't keep the pawn on c4 without paying for it.
The opening itself
D06 · 2 moves
Queen's Gambit
In the trainer
This opening is in the trainer. Play the moves of the line; if you deviate, you'll see which move theory recommends.
Variations 1
Names and moves from lichess-org/chess-openings (CC0).