D09 · Closed · a plan for White

Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Be6 Line

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1.d4d52.c4e53.dxe5d44.Nf3Nc65.g3Be6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Be6 Line47k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
36%17k48%
28%13k55%
27%13k53%
3.5%1.6k56%
2.2%1.0k49%
1.2%55537%
1.1%52155%
0.6%27748%
0.2%8850%
0.2%8653%
Famous games in this line141 master games
Gligoric, Svetozar (2575) – Ljubojevic, Ljubomir (2615)19751–0Tiviakov, Sergei (2618) – Brenninkmeijer, Joris (2499)20011–0Turov, Maxim (2584) – Iuldachev, Saidali (2519)20101–0Kazhgaleyev, Murtas (2596) – Sagalchik, Gennadij (2487)20041–0Shabalov, Alexander (2575) – Sagalchik, Gennadij (2491)2003½–½Ye, Naung Win Myint (2531) – Al Modiahki, Mohamad (2530)1999½–½Grebnev, Aleksey (2469) – Timofeev, Arty (2586)2021½–½Hort, Vlastimil (2605) – Gasic, Bozidar (2360)19721–0
Heroes of this opening Gligoric, Svetozar · Tiviakov, Sergei · Turov, Maxim · Kazhgaleyev, Murtas
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D09
Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Be6
GambitFianchettoClassical
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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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