Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Declined: Uhlmann Variation
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1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3Be74.Nf3Nf65.Bg5h66.Bh4O-O7.Rc1dxc4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Uhlmann Variation387 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
55%21152%
39%14950%
4.4%1753%
0.8%333%
0.8%383%
0.5%250%
0.5%2100%
Famous games in this line68 master games
Ivanchuk, Vassily (2775) – Topalov, Veselin (2768)Karpov, Anatoly (2775) – Beliavsky, Alexander G (2650)Karpov, Anatoly (2705) – Kasparov, Garry (2715)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2725) – Gelfand, Boris (2695)Kortschnoj, Viktor (2695) – Karpov, Anatoly (2700)Kortschnoj, Viktor (2695) – Karpov, Anatoly (2700)Christiansen, Larry Mark (2585) – Karpov, Anatoly (2720)Sakaev, Konstantin (2607) – Georgiev, Kiril (2675)Heroes of this opening Karpov, Anatoly · Ivanchuk, Vassily
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D53
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 dxc4
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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