Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System, Main Line
16/16
1.d4d52.c4dxc43.Nf3Nf64.e3e65.Bxc4c56.O-Oa67.Qe2b58.Bb3Bb7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System, Main Line3.9k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
72%2.8k51%
12%45748%
6.8%26356%
0.5%2150%
0.4%1547%
0.3%1346%
0.1%530%
0.1%425%
0.1%333%
Famous games in this line647 master games
Li Chao2 (2732) – Ponomariov, R. (2694)Jussupow, Artur (2640) – Anand, Viswanathan (2765)Jussupow, Artur (2645) – Anand, Viswanathan (2710)Christiansen, Larry Mark (2620) – Anand, Viswanathan (2710)Piket, Jeroen (2670) – Lautier, Joel (2655)Lenderman, A. (2648) – Anton Guijarro, D. (2674)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2680) – Seirawan, Yasser (2635)Ehlvest, Jaan (2615) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2700)Heroes of this opening Ivanchuk, Vassily · Anand, Viswanathan · Piket, Jeroen · Anton Guijarro, D.
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D29
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7
Classical
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From the archives
The Queen's Gambit appears in the Göttingen manuscript, written around 1500. It anchored world-championship matches for decades — 32 of the 34 games of Capablanca–Alekhine 1927 were Queen's Gambit Declined — and in 2020 a Netflix series watched by 62 million households emptied the world's chess-set shelves. It isn't even a real gambit: Black cannot safely keep the pawn.
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