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Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense
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1.d4d52.c4dxc43.Nf3Nf64.e3e65.Bxc4c5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense201k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
21%42k49%
1.5%3.1k47%
1.4%2.9k47%
0.8%1.6k43%
0.8%1.5k45%
0.6%1.3k57%
0.6%1.3k48%
0.4%87547%
0.4%82840%
Famous games in this line9.3k master games
Carlsen, M. (2835) – Mamedyarov, S. (2817)Kramnik, Vladimir (2802) – Kasparov, Garry (2838)Carlsen, M. (2837) – Caruana, F. (2799)Carlsen, M. (2861) – Aronian, L. (2759)So, W. (2812) – Caruana, F. (2808)So, W. (2810) – Caruana, F. (2807)Aronian, L. (2809) – Caruana, F. (2807)Nakamura, Hi (2785) – Caruana, F. (2827)Heroes of this opening Carlsen, M. · Aronian, L. · Caruana, F.
- 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
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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