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Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Haberditz Variation
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1.d4d52.c4c53.cxd5Nf64.e4Nxe45.dxc5Qa5+
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Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Haberditz Variation204 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
75%15368%
13%2763%
12%2475%
Famous games in this line15 master games
Salem, AR. (2622) – Madaminov, Mukhiddin (2501)Dragnev, Valentin (2539) – Stremavicius, T. (2531)Zubov, Alexander (2507) – Demkovich, Anatoliy (2422)Steingrimsson, Hedinn (2532) – Breutigam, Martin (2391)Olafsson, Helgi (2505) – Westerinen, Heikki MJ (2410)Storme, Isak (2455) – Oye-Stromberg, Alexander (2318)Csonka, B. (2473) – Ciorgovean, Iustin (2267)Toncheva, Nadya (2332) – Vega Gutierrez, S. (2362)Heroes of this opening Salem, AR. · Zubov, Alexander · Steingrimsson, Hedinn · Oye-Stromberg, Alexander
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D06
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Nf6 4. e4 Nxe4 5. dxc5 Qa5+
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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