Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Steinitz Variation, Exchange Variation
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1.d4d52.c4dxc43.Nf3Nf64.e3e65.Bxc4c56.O-Ocxd4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Steinitz Variation, Exchange Variation42k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
43%18k54%
41%17k51%
15%6.4k52%
0.4%18756%
0.3%10650%
0.1%6142%
0.1%5243%
0.1%3633%
0.1%3356%
0.1%2741%
Famous games in this line202 master games
Aronian, L. (2805) – Vallejo Pons, F. (2707)Vidit, S. (2715) – Vallejo Pons, F. (2707)Dubov, Daniil (2720) – Anton Guijarro, D. (2693)Cheparinov, I. (2709) – Vallejo Pons, F. (2695)Sarana, A. (2685) – Anton Guijarro, D. (2691)Duda, J. (2740) – Paravyan, D. (2620)Bluebaum, M. (2660) – Nihal, Sarin (2692)Andreikin, D. (2708) – Khismatullin, D. (2628)Heroes of this opening Anton Guijarro, D. · Duda, J. · Andreikin, D.
- 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 cxd4
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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