D20 · Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Rubinstein Defense
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1.d4d52.c4dxc43.e4c5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Rubinstein Defense181k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
72%130k58%
15%28k54%
9.9%18k48%
1.3%2.4k49%
0.8%1.5k46%
0.6%1.0k50%
0.3%50235%
0%3650%
0%2832%
0%2656%
Famous games in this line541 master games
Morozevich, Alexander (2750) – Carlsen, Magnus (2801)Wang Yue (2718) – Ivanchuk, V. (2744)Sargissian, Gabriel (2667) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2762)Gelfand, Boris (2690) – Anand, Viswanathan (2710)Shirov, Alexei (2710) – Anand, Viswanathan (2690)Gelfand, B. (2668) – Vallejo Pons, F. (2706)Dreev, Alexey (2676) – Shirov, Alexei (2697)Shirov, Alexei (2670) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2685)Heroes of this opening Morozevich, Alexander · Anand, Viswanathan · Gelfand, B. · Shirov, Alexei
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D20
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5
Classical
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Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Rubinstein Defense, Yefimov GambitD20 4.d5 b5Queen's Gambit Accepted: Linares VariationD20 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 b5
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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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