D20 · Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Modern Defense
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1.d4d52.c4dxc43.e4Nc6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Modern Defense544k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
41%222k57%
41%221k57%
9.8%53k43%
7%38k62%
1.5%8.3k43%
0.1%45846%
0.1%43657%
0%19339%
0%14831%
0%13241%
Famous games in this line914 master games
Anand, V. (2785) – Vallejo Pons, F. (2712)Keymer, Vincent (2738) – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2744)Giri, A. (2777) – Artemiev, V. (2699)Le Quang Liem (2708) – Artemiev, V. (2746)Kamsky, Gata (2710) – Salov, Valery (2715)Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2742) – Tkachiev, Vladislav (2664)Karpov, Anatoly (2775) – Piket, Jeroen (2625)Karpov, Anatoly (2770) – Lautier, Joel (2630)Heroes of this opening Anand, V. · Abdusattorov, Nodirbek · Le Quang Liem · Kamsky, Gata
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D20
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6
Classical
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From the archives
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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