Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Rubinstein Variation
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1.d4d52.c4dxc43.Nf3Nf64.e3e65.Bxc4c56.O-Oa67.a4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Rubinstein Variation38k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
68%26k51%
11%4.1k52%
7.9%3.0k50%
7.4%2.8k49%
4%1.6k46%
1.8%68052%
0.4%15445%
0.2%8951%
0.1%3335%
0%1050%
Famous games in this line2.1k master games
Carlsen, M. (2856) – Aronian, L. (2772)Kramnik, Vladimir (2770) – Kasparov, Garry (2849)Kramnik, Vladimir (2797) – Anand, Viswanathan (2794)Kramnik, Vladimir (2751) – Anand, Viswanathan (2781)Aronian, Levon (2737) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2781)Anand, Viswanathan (2755) – Ponomariov, Ruslan (2743)Aronian, Levon (2783) – Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2713)Aronian, Levon (2741) – Morozevich, Alexander (2747)Heroes of this opening Aronian, Levon · Carlsen, M. · Anand, Viswanathan
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D27
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4
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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