D25 · Closed · a plan for White

Queen's Gambit Accepted: Winawer Defense

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1.d4d52.c4dxc43.Nf3Nf64.e3Be6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Winawer Defense28k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
43%12k59%
15%4.3k53%
10%2.9k58%
8.2%2.3k59%
7.7%2.1k64%
5.3%1.5k59%
3.9%1.1k38%
2.1%59460%
1.4%39560%
1.3%36258%
Famous games in this line187 master games
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2767) – Praggnanandhaa, R. (2767)2025½–½Vidit, S. (2708) – Praggnanandhaa, R. (2761)2025½–½Ribli, Zoltan (2580) – Sokolov, Ivan (2663)2007½–½Gledura, B. (2658) – Jobava, Ba (2578)2025½–½Pelletier, Yannick (2604) – Bauer, Christian (2631)2013½–½Swiercz, Dariusz (2522) – Navara, David (2708)2011½–½Kuzubov, Yuriy (2554) – Sokolov, Ivan (2652)2007½–½So, Wesley (2650) – Bojkov, Dejan (2556)20121–0
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D25
Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be6
Classical
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Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin DefenseD38 1…Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 …Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna VariationD30 1…Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 …Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch DefenseD32 2…e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5
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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