D21 · Closed · a plan for White

Queen's Gambit Accepted: Slav Gambit

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1.d4d52.c4dxc43.Nf3b5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Slav Gambit148k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
42%61k64%
20%30k62%
14%20k58%
10%15k59%
8.8%13k55%
2%3.0k54%
1.1%1.6k55%
1%1.4k55%
0.8%1.2k50%
0.2%33562%
Famous games in this line14 master games
Ju Wenjun (2575)Galliamova, A. (2444)20181–0Ponomarev, Aleksandr Anatoliev (2459)Cipka, Ivan (2461)2008½–½Banikas, Hristos (2450)Rabinovich, Alexander (2415)19971–0Biedermann, Thomas (2402)Cipka, Ivan (2461)20081–0Sýkora, Josef (2322)Cipka, Ivan (2461)2009½–½Jurca, Horatiu (2416)Edighoffer, Harold (2357)19991–0Cadenas González, José María (2394)Figueredo Company, Juan José (2376)2024½–½Amanov, Mesgen (2510)Harper, Ryan (2244)20131–0
Heroes of this opening Ju Wenjun · Banikas, Hristos · Biedermann, Thomas · Jurca, Horatiu
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D21
Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 b5
GambitClassical
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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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