Queen's Gambit Accepted, Central Variation (3.e4)

The Queen's Gambit Accepted is a tricky opening for white to face, and out of all responses he has at his disposal, e4, the Central Variation is the most aggressive!
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Instead of defending on d5, in the Queen's Gambit Accepted (from now on reffered to as QGA:D) black simply takes the pawn on c4 and makes white prove his compensation for the pawn or makes him waste time regaining the pawn.
White has a couple of ways to play against this. He can either try to collect the pawn back straight away with e3 or Nf3, calmly developing, or he can strike at the center straight away with e4! This move, known as the Central Variation, aims to expand quickly and to cramp black's position very early on, not allowing him to depelop comfortably.
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