Reference position · Black to move

D24 Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Showalter Variation

D24 holds five named lines, all under the name Queen’s Gambit. It leaves D23 (Queen’s Gambit Accepted) with 4.Nc3. When the reference line ends, Black is one pawn up on material. That final move, by the knight, opens a line for the rook on a1.

Score sheet
#	White	Black
1	d4	d5
2	c4	dxc4
3	Nf3	Nf6
4	Nc3

Lines filed under D24

All five share the start 1.d4 d5 2.c4 and then split two ways at Black’s move 2.

Name	After the shared start	Plies	At the end
Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Showalter Variation	2...dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3	7	Black +1
Queen’s Gambit Accepted	2...e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4	9	Black +1
Queen’s Gambit Accepted	2...e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Bg5	9	Black +1
Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Bogoljubow Defense	2...dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e4	9	Black +1
Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Gunsberg Defense, Prianishenmo Gambit	2...dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 e6 6.e4 exd5 7.e5	13	Black +2

The road to D24

1.d4 … 2...dxc4four earlier stops: A40, D00, D06, D20
3.Nf3D21 Normal Variation
3...Nf6D23 Queen’s Gambit Accepted
4.Nc3D24

The position after 4.Nc3

White has brought out the knight on c3 and knight on f3; Black the knight on f6. White has a half-open c-file; Black a half-open d-file. Black could capture with Qxd4. Black is to move and has 32 legal moves.

Closest boards in other codes

Code	Line	Differs on
D15	Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation	four squares: c4, d5, c6, c7
D16	Slav Defense: Alapin Variation	four squares: a2, a4, c6, c7
D21	Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation	four squares: b1, c3, f6, g8
D25	Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation	four squares: b1, e2, c3, e3
D37	Queen’s Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation	four squares: c4, d5, e6, e7
D90	Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation	four squares: c4, d5, g6, g7
A46	Indian Defense: Knights Variation	five squares: b1, c2, c3, c4, d7

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