I realize now it was pure hubris to believe I was becoming an expert in the White side of the Queen's Gambit. Last night, I played three Queen's Gambit Accepted games, and lost two of them. One of them showed me that I have absolutely no idea what to do when Black plays 3. ... b5. That's a real fly in the ointment! Thankfully, not many of my opponents have played that move, but I need to come up with a plan for it. I'm probably overly concerned with winning back the pawn which took my gambit pawn; the whole point of the gambit is to seize control of the center. Getting obsessed with that c4 pawn is a big mistake. I'll learn, someday :-)
neostreet: 1225 (131-129-15 (275))
monvieux: 1289 (330-275-15 (620))
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