I actually play queen's gambit as black. One of the problems is the enormous amount of theory involved. In the Alekhine-Capablanca world championship all but one game was queen's gambit. At the time Alekhine played the Cambridge Springs as black, which can also be very trappy. Not good, I've found on RHP where your opponent has time to consult databases. One of the basic things you have to watch as black is the development of queen's bishop, always a problem. Normally, your break will be c5 or more rarely e5, and of course white will try to put his pawns on d and e4. Sometimes black will let him, as long as he gets compensation. It's a venerable opening, has lots of history. Kasparov has a dvd out analyzing and giving historical background of orthodox variation. He'll probably come out with another on the Meran, etc.
Originally posted by buddy2
I actually play queen's gambit as black. One of the problems is the enormous amount of theory involved.
Absolutely. Tho it's potentially the same fr the other side. Meran Defense, Blumenfeld Variation, 13. White-to-move = an absolute ocean of reasonable choices. (Admittedly, this was the case in 40+ yr old opening theory & maybe theory has tightened things up a bit since then, but I wouldn't know.)
i used to play the queens gambit as white alot after watching kasparov's dvd on it but i realised that although my positional play was improving somewhat my tactics were going down the drain and i wasn't really growing as a player. these days i play ruy lopez and if my opponent play 1.d4 i play the qga...