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Queen's Gambit Accepted

Queen's Gambit Accepted noun: a common Closed Game in chess, characterized by the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4, in which black's second move is queen's pawn to the fourth rank, capturing white's queen's bishop's pawn, as a response to the Queen's Gambit.

Noun

Queen's Gambit Accepted (uncountable)

  1. A common Closed Game in chess, characterized by the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4, in which black's second move is queen's pawn to the fourth rank, capturing white's queen's bishop's pawn, as a response to the Queen's Gambit.

Questions about Queen's Gambit Accepted

What does Queen's Gambit Accepted mean?
Queen's Gambit Accepted means a common Closed Game in chess, characterized by the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4, in which black's second move is queen's pawn to the fourth rank, capturing white's queen's bishop's pawn, as a response to the Queen's Gambit.
What part of speech is Queen's Gambit Accepted?
Queen's Gambit Accepted is a noun.

Words near Queen's Gambit Accepted in the dictionary

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  3. queen's delight
  4. Queen's English
  5. Queen's Gambit
  6. Queen's Gambit Accepted
  7. Queen's Gambit Declined
  8. Queen's hard bargain
  9. Queen's hard bargains
  10. Queen's Indian Defence
  11. queen's knight's pawn

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