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Queen's Gambit Declined: Alekhine Variation

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1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3Nf64.Bg5Nbd75.Nf3c66.e4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Alekhine Variation72k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
66%48k54%
12%8.7k49%
11%7.8k44%
4.9%3.5k47%
2.6%1.9k40%
1.6%1.2k40%
0.9%63556%
0.2%12135%
0.1%9016%
0.1%7341%
Famous games in this line10 master games
Edouard, R. (2617) – Gunina, V. (2496)20161–0Stocek, Jiri (2578) – Timoscenko, Gennadij (2481)20081–0Stocek, Jiri (2450) – Lukacs, Peter (2470)19971–0Hausner, Ivan (2440) – Gerstner, Wolfgang (2340)19901–0Zisman, P. (2238) – Firat, B. (2486)2015½–½Hurme, Harri M (2277) – Pushkov, Nikolai (2406)2011½–½Saharinen, Petri (2318) – Semmelroth, Heinz-Dieter (2319)20080–1Reiss, Tibor (2269) – Pataki, Gyozo (2344)20011–0
Heroes of this opening Stocek, Jiri · Edouard, R. · Hausner, Ivan · Semmelroth, Heinz-Dieter
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D51
Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e4
Classical
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Queen's Gambit Declined: Miles VariationD37 1…Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 …Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox VariationD54 1…Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 …Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation, Novikov GambitD20 2…dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.Qb3 …
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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