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Queen's Gambit

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The Queen's Gambit appears in the earliest opening manuscripts (c. 1490, Göttingen). It anchored world-championship matches for a century — Capablanca–Alekhine 1927 was practically a Queen's Gambit theme event — and in 2020 a TV show made a 500-year-old pawn offer the most famous opening on the planet. It isn't even a real gambit: Black can't safely keep the pawn.

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1.d4d52.c4

Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid

Queen's Gambit110.3M games · Black to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

e6Queen's Gambit Declined33.0M46%

c6Slav Defense26.2M47%

dxc4Queen's Gambit Accepted20.8M43%

Nf6Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense15.2M44%

e5Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit5.1M49%

Bf5Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense3.9M45%

Nc6Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense2.8M45%

c5Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense2.2M46%

Bg4322k46%

g6308k44%

Family: Queen's Gambit
Category: Closed
First move: 1.d4
ECO: D06
Line: 1. d4 d5 2. c4

Classical

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