Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Linares Variation
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1.d4d52.c4dxc43.e4c54.d5Nf65.Nc3b5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Linares Variation11k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
41%4.5k49%
36%3.9k46%
5.8%63346%
5.4%58847%
3.1%33646%
2.7%29138%
2.2%23862%
1.2%13550%
1.1%11756%
0.3%3119%
Famous games in this line161 master games
Morozevich, Alexander (2750) – Carlsen, Magnus (2801)Gelfand, Boris (2690) – Anand, Viswanathan (2710)Shirov, Alexei (2670) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2685)Karpov, Anatoly (2745) – Adianto, Utut (2610)Shirov, Alexei (2706) – Motylev, Alexander (2641)Beliavsky, Alexander G (2610) – Anand, Viswanathan (2710)Van Wely, Loek (2643) – Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (2673)Shirov, Alexei (2710) – Oll, Lembit (2600)Heroes of this opening Shirov, Alexei · Morozevich, Alexander · Anand, Viswanathan · Adianto, Utut
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D20
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5
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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