D08 · Closed · a plan for White

Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Balogh Variation

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1.d4d52.c4e53.dxe5d44.Nf3Nc65.Nbd2Qe7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Balogh Variation2.0k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
73%1.5k51%
12%23759%
10%20746%
1.7%3566%
1.6%3225%
0.5%1075%
0.3%617%
0.2%520%
0.2%540%
0.2%425%
Famous games in this line8 master games
Grandelius, N. (2643) – Tikkanen, H. (2535)2016½–½Sakaev, Konstantin (2607) – Nabaty, Tamir (2526)20101–0Tikkanen, Hans (2469) – Nabaty, Tamir (2523)20101–0Yalov, Shimon (2366) – Leupold, Volker (2547)20081–0Brunner, Nicolas (2415) – Amigues, Emmanuel (2355)20081–0Gillam, Simon Robert (2291) – Vivante-Sowter, John (2337)2014½–½Bai, Jinshi (2250) – Li, Hanbin (2277)20121–0Tschann, S. (2208) – Thiel, T. (2297)20171–0
Heroes of this opening Sakaev, Konstantin · Tikkanen, Hans · Yalov, Shimon · Brunner, Nicolas
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D08
Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qe7
GambitClassical
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Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker DefenseD53 1…Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 …Queen's Gambit Accepted: Linares VariationD20 2…dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 …Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical DefenseD26 2…dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 …
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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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