Let’s see now the positional ideas that white has in the Queen’s Gambit, as he has

several plans to choose from when playing this pawn structure. For example:

Plan A) Playing for the e3-e4 push. This can be done with the support of the f
pawn, by pushing f3 and then e4. Therefore, white normally develops the kingside
knight to the square e2 instead of f3. This is considered an aggressive plan, since
the play develops in the center and the kingside.

Plan B) Kingside pawn storm. This idea is seldom seen. However, it’s an important
plan in the queen’s gambit. White usually castles queenside and starts gaining
space by advancing his g and h pawns.

Plan C) The minority attack. This is by far the most popular plan. White advances
his queenside pawns with the main purpose of creating weaknesses in black’s
structure. An interesting thing about this strategy is that white plays in the
flank where black has a pawn majority. At a first glance, it is against the general
principle that says “you should play on the flank where you have an advantage”.