Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Bogoljubow Defense
9/9
1.d4d52.c4dxc43.Nf3Nf64.Nc3a65.e4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Bogoljubow Defense34k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
76%25k51%
11%3.5k42%
6.8%2.3k43%
1.8%61643%
1.5%50846%
1%34348%
0.8%27338%
0.7%22739%
0.4%13043%
0.2%8237%
Famous games in this line695 master games
Grischuk, Alexander (2764) – Karjakin, Sergey (2775)Mamedyarov, S. (2767) – So, W. (2767)Kasparov, Garry (2815) – Timman, Jan H (2655)Salem, AR. (2684) – Aronian, L. (2775)Mamedyarov, S. (2762) – Kasimdzhanov, R. (2691)Kramnik, Vladimir (2710) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2710)Kramnik, Vladimir (2765) – Kortschnoj, Viktor (2635)Grischuk, Alexander (2728) – Tkachiev, Vladislav (2664)Heroes of this opening Aronian, L. · Ivanchuk, Vassily · Kramnik, Vladimir
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D24
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4
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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