D26 · Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Steinitz Variation, Development Variation
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1.d4d52.c4dxc43.Nf3Nf64.e3e65.Bxc4c56.O-ONc6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Steinitz Variation, Development Variation40k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
48%19k52%
22%8.8k52%
9.2%3.6k59%
7.3%2.9k52%
6.3%2.5k47%
2.5%98153%
1%39849%
0.7%27848%
0.5%19938%
0.4%16651%
Famous games in this line1.1k master games
Aronian, L.. (2781) – Caruana, F.. (2820)Kramnik, Vladimir (2780) – Kasparov, Garry (2815)Ding Liren (2812) – Wei Yi (2737)Radjabov, T.. (2765) – Dominguez Perez, L.. (2758)So, W. (2771) – Dominguez Perez, L. (2745)Nakamura, Hi (2768) – Dominguez Perez, L. (2745)Ding Liren (2799) – Van Foreest, Jorden (2714)Nakamura, Hi (2736) – Dominguez Perez, L. (2758)Heroes of this opening Ding Liren · Nakamura, Hi
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D26
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O 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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