Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...d5/2. c4/2...c5/3. cxd5

Austrian Defense

3. cxd5

The a logical and principled way of dealing with this central tension, using a flank pawn to exchange a center pawn. Black usually replies with 3...Qxd5, although 3...Nf6, the so called Gusev Countergambit, tries to complicate the position

Theory table

For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation.

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5

	3	4	5
	cxd5 Qxd5	Nf3 cxd4	Nc3 Qa5	=
	... Nf6	Nf3 cxd4	Qxd4 Qxd5	=
	... ...	e4 Nxe4	dxc5 Nxc5	+/=