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Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Alekhine System
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1.d4d52.c4dxc43.e4Nf6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Alekhine System636k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
59%372k56%
35%222k58%
4.2%27k50%
1.4%8.7k54%
0.5%3.3k53%
0.1%88346%
0.1%58949%
0.1%36946%
0.1%33446%
0%30350%
Famous games in this line1.7k master games
Carlsen, M. (2872) – Le Quang Liem (2713)Grischuk, A. (2782) – Caruana, F. (2799)Grischuk, A. (2782) – Caruana, F. (2799)Grischuk, A. (2782) – Caruana, F. (2799)Grischuk, A. (2782) – Caruana, F. (2799)Grischuk, A. (2782) – Caruana, F. (2799)Firouzja, Alireza (2762) – Nakamura, Hi (2810)Gelfand, B. (2777) – Nakamura, Hi (2789)Heroes of this opening Carlsen, M. · Grischuk, A. · Firouzja, Alireza · Gelfand, B.
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D20
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6
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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