D09 · Closed · a plan for White

Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Bf5 Line

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1.d4d52.c4e53.dxe5d44.Nf3Nc65.g3Bf5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Bf5 Line21k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
78%17k56%
15%3.1k57%
5.1%1.1k46%
0.7%14353%
0.3%6659%
0.3%6552%
0.3%6255%
0.2%3947%
0.2%3541%
0.1%2040%
Famous games in this line18 master games
Brenninkmeijer, Joris (2499)Van der Wiel, John (2498)2001½–½Velilla Velasco, Francisco de Asís (2470)Rebord, Mauricio (2527)20051–0Akobian, Varuzhan (2533)Taylor, Timothy (2401)20031–0Turov, Maxim (2582)Hudyakov, Sergey (2234)20091–0Richardson, John R (2360)Mortensen, Erling (2450)19970–1Ostergaard, Jens (2300)Hansen, Sune Berg (2495)19960–1Tunik, Gennady (2435)Frolov, Ivan (2327)2013½–½Huss, Andreas (2345)Ekstroem, Roland (2405)19900–1
Heroes of this opening Velilla Velasco, Francisco de Asís · Akobian, Varuzhan · Turov, Maxim · Mortensen, Erling
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D09
Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bf5
GambitFianchettoClassical
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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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