D06 · Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Gusev Countergambit
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1.d4d52.c4c53.cxd5Nf6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Gusev Countergambit33k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
50%16k51%
31%10k53%
13%4.1k53%
3.3%1.1k62%
2.7%90049%
0.4%13456%
0.3%10146%
0.3%8442%
0.2%6952%
0.1%2057%
Famous games in this line105 master games
Caruana, F. (2783) – Nakamura, Hi (2802)Ding Liren (2762) – Nakamura, Hi (2794)Deac, Bogdan-Daniel (2696) – Nakamura, Hi (2802)Duda, J. (2732) – Alekseenko, K. (2679)Navara, D. (2681) – Alekseenko, K. (2679)Svane, R. (2629) – Huschenbeth, N. (2601)Kortschnoj, Viktor (2625) – Piket, Jeroen (2590)Brunello, S. (2507) – Grandelius, N. (2664)Heroes of this opening Nakamura, Hi · Duda, J. · Svane, R. · Piket, Jeroen
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D06
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Nf6
GambitClassical
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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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