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Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation, Korchnoi Gambit

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1.d4d52.c4dxc43.e3e54.Bxc4exd45.Qb3Qe76.Kf1
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation, Korchnoi Gambit42 games · Black to move
Only 42 games reach this position at this level — read it loosely.
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
55%2354%
36%1553%
2.4%10%
2.4%10%
2.4%10%
2.4%1100%
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D20
Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. Qb3 Qe7 6. Kf1
GambitClassical
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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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