D20 · Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation
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1.d4d52.c4dxc43.e3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation5.3M games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
23%1.2M44%
17%879k32%
17%878k44%
12%645k47%
8.1%434k43%
4.6%246k40%
4.3%230k44%
3.7%196k46%
3.2%171k43%
2.1%113k45%
Famous games in this line5.0k master games
Carlsen, M. (2837) – Caruana, F. (2799)Carlsen, M. (2856) – Aronian, L. (2772)Carlsen, M. (2861) – Aronian, L. (2759)So, W. (2812) – Caruana, F. (2808)Aronian, L. (2793) – Caruana, F. (2808)Aronian, L.. (2781) – Caruana, F.. (2820)Aronian, L. (2815) – Nakamura, Hi (2775)Grischuk, A. (2782) – Caruana, F. (2799)Heroes of this opening Aronian, L. · Carlsen, M.
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D20
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3
Classical
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Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation, Novikov GambitD20 3…e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.Qb3 Qe7 6.Nd2Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation, Korchnoi GambitD20 3…e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.Qb3 Qe7 6.Kf1Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation, Billinger GambitD20 3…e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.Qb3 Qe7 6.a3Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation, Christensen GambitD20 3…e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.Qb3 Qe7 6.Nf3
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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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