D28 · Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System
13/13
1.d4d52.c4dxc43.Nf3Nf64.e3e65.Bxc4c56.O-Oa67.Qe2
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System8.2k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
16%1.3k48%
6.3%51448%
4%33046%
3%24444%
1.2%9751%
0.2%2043%
0.2%1553%
0%463%
0%30%
Famous games in this line1.3k master games
Mamedyarov, S. (2791) – Navara, D. (2726)Dubov, Daniil (2711) – Aronian, L. (2785)Giri, A. (2762) – Eljanov, P. (2720)Le, Quang Liem (2709) – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2764)Wojtaszek, R. (2727) – Dominguez Perez, L. (2732)Li Chao2 (2732) – Ponomariov, R. (2694)Dubov, Daniil (2714) – Xiong, Jeffery (2700)Jussupow, Artur (2640) – Anand, Viswanathan (2765)Heroes of this opening Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar · Aronian, L. · Giri, A. · Anand, Viswanathan
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D28
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2
Classical
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Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System, Main LineD29 7…b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 · 1 deeper lineQueen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System, Smyslov VariationD29 7…b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Nc3 …Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical, Flohr VariationD28 7…b5 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.Rd1 c4 10.Bc2 …
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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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