The Queen's Gambit Accepted

The Queen's Gambit Accepted

When players of the White pieces make the switch from 1.e4 to 1.d4 openings, the Queen's Gambit is often the first opening they learn. Consequently Black players must be equipped to meet White's pseudo-sacrifice of the c-pawn. Accepting the gambit pawn is one way to narrow down White's options, but Black must still be prepared for several possibilities.

FM Valeri Lilov presents a structure-oriented approach with the Fritz T rainer DVD, The Queen's Gambit Accepted. Lilov advocates flexible plans based around the structure ...a6, ...b5, ...Bb7, ...Nbd7 and ...c5, describing the positional and tactical ideas in a clear and understandable manner. The main ideas are illustrated with notable examples from the games of such players as Kasparov, Anand, Petrosian, and Smyslov. Lilov even presents a more creative plan for adventurous players which involves a Bishop on g4.

Running time: over 4.5 hours

System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard.