D21 · Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Gunsberg Defense
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1.d4d52.c4dxc43.Nf3c5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Gunsberg Defense292k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
36%105k58%
25%72k59%
13%37k52%
9.5%28k55%
9%26k48%
4%12k52%
2.3%6.6k49%
0.8%2.4k51%
0.4%1.2k45%
0.2%69552%
Famous games in this line1.3k master games
Gukesh, D. (2787) – Praggnanandhaa, R. (2758)Vallejo Pons, Francisco (2716) – Aronian, Levon (2807)Grischuk, Alexander (2715) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2787)Anand, Viswanathan (2769) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2709)Xiong, Jeffery (2691) – Aronian, L. (2775)Bareev, Evgeny (2739) – Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (2693)Akopian, Vladimir (2698) – Shirov, Alexei (2730)Dreev, Alexey (2685) – Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (2670)Heroes of this opening Ivanchuk, Vassily · Xiong, Jeffery
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D21
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5
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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