D09 · Closed · a plan for White

Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Bg4 Line

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1.d4d52.c4e53.dxe5d44.Nf3Nc65.g3Bg4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Bg4 Line130k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
85%111k57%
12%15k59%
2.1%2.8k53%
0.5%63749%
0.2%20158%
0.1%19056%
0.1%15850%
0.1%9162%
0.1%8847%
0%5039%
Famous games in this line94 master games
Van der Wiel, John (2498)Tiviakov, Sergei (2618)20011–0Milov, Vadim (2595)Renet, Olivier (2494)20021–0Gurevich, Mikhail (2667)Yilmaz, Turhan (2338)20041–0Knezevic, Milorad (2500)Klaric, Zlatko (2465)19810–1Malakhatko, Vadim (2559)Philippe, Christophe (2399)20061–0Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo (2494)Perez Mitjans, Orelvis (2427)20070–1Oll, Lembit (2585)Hvenekilde, Jorgen (2320)19931–0Birnboim, Nathan (2465)Veinger, Itzhak (2440)19870–1
Heroes of this opening Van der Wiel, John · Milov, Vadim · Gurevich, Mikhail · Klaric, Zlatko
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D09
Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bg4
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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