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Queen's Gambit Declined: Spielmann Variation
10/10
1.d4d52.c4e63.Nf3Nf64.e3c65.Nbd2g6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Spielmann Variation3.3k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
28%92960%
18%61555%
18%60454%
16%53553%
5.9%19649%
3.6%11951%
3.1%10357%
2.5%8555%
1.3%4246%
1%3557%
Famous games in this line2 master games
Peschel, Andreas (2225) – Burmakin, Vladimir (2590)Danielian, Elina (2466) – Mohota, Nisha (2325)Heroes of this opening Burmakin, Vladimir · Danielian, Elina
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D30
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c6 5. Nbd2 g6
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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