Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System, Smyslov Variation
20/20
1.d4d52.c4dxc43.Nf3Nf64.e3e65.Bxc4c56.O-Oa67.Qe2b58.Bb3Bb79.Rd1Nbd710.Nc3Bd6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System, Smyslov Variation185 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
44%8248%
22%4150%
17%3259%
4.9%972%
3.8%729%
3.2%658%
2.2%438%
1.6%367%
0.5%10%
Famous games in this line42 master games
Vaganian, Rafael A (2590) – Ehlvest, Jaan (2615)Damljanovic, Branko (2525) – Tal, Mihail (2630)Illescas Cordoba, Miguel (2545) – Ehlvest, Jaan (2605)Shabalov, Alexander (2535) – Kharlov, Andrei (2515)Vladimirov, Evgeny (2500) – Chekhov, Valery A (2510)Hoi, Carsten (2387) – Drozdovskij, Yuri (2603)Burmakin, Vladimir (2530) – Lazarev, Vladimir (2450)Zhou Jianchao (2555) – Fus, Jakub (2417)Heroes of this opening Chekhov, Valery A · Burmakin, Vladimir
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D29
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Bd6
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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