Semi-Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Declined: Alapin Variation
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1.d4e62.c4b63.Nc3d5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Alapin Variation132k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
40%53k55%
25%33k58%
13%16k54%
8.8%12k53%
5.3%7.0k56%
2.9%3.8k52%
2.1%2.7k57%
1.3%1.7k55%
0.4%48653%
0.2%26449%
Famous games in this line7 master games
Nikolaidis, I. (2544) – Nabaty, T. (2692)Bendaña Guerrero, Dr. Guy José (2382) – Souza, Ornélio de (2399)Rain, Ricardo Ernesto (2371) – Souza, Ornélio de (2399)Ostergaard, Jens (2295) – Nielsen, J. (2260)Rouler, Charly (2302) – Serafimov, Dimitar (2210)Dauenheimer, Torsten (2222) – Zimmermann, Klemens (2257)Brodhuhn, Reinhard (2270) – Oppitz, Peter (2205)Heroes of this opening Nikolaidis, I. · Bendaña Guerrero, Dr. Guy José · Rain, Ricardo Ernesto · Ostergaard, Jens
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Semi-Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D31
- Line
- 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 d5
FianchettoClassical
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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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