Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Exchange Variation
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1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3Be74.Nf3Nf65.Bg5h66.Bh4O-O7.e3b68.cxd5exd5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Exchange Variation39k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
67%26k55%
9.6%3.7k52%
7.8%3.0k56%
3.1%1.2k57%
2.8%1.1k55%
2.7%1.0k53%
1.7%66951%
1.6%60951%
1.3%50251%
1.1%42249%
Famous games in this line171 master games
Cori, J. (2636) – Garcia Pantoja, R. (2507)Kuzubov, Yuriy (2622) – Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn (2509)Malakhov, Vladimir (2605) – Harikrishna, Penteala (2500)Savchenko, Boris (2569) – Lysyj, Igor (2523)Anastasian, Ashot (2606) – Dervishi, Erald (2478)Erenberg, Ariel (2382) – Kryvoruchko, Y. (2694)Bu, Xiangzhi (2465) – Ye, Jiangchuan (2593)Doettling, Fabian (2550) – Braun, Arik (2496)Heroes of this opening Malakhov, Vladimir · Savchenko, Boris · Kryvoruchko, Y. · Bu, Xiangzhi
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D58
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5
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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