Chess openings pose a problem at all time controls, not least in blitz. You need to know them well enough not to fall into any hoary traps, but you can't be too dependent on them, for your opponent may well go out of book in a hurry. I've rediscovered, to my dismay, that I really don't know how to play the QGA (Queen's Gambit Accepted) as White. I don't need to know how to play it as Black, since I would never accept the gambit :-) The problem I have with the QGA as White is that in my blitz games so far, Black is keeping a death grip on the pawn with which he took my gambit pawn. I thought the correct reply was 3. e4, but when 3. ... e5 comes, I draw a blank. I have no clue what to do. I'll have to crack a book :-)
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