D06 · Closed · a plan for White

Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Argentinian Gambit

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1.d4d52.c4Bf53.cxd5Bxb14.Qa4+c65.dxc6Nxc6

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Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Argentinian Gambit6.4k games · White to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

6.3k55%

5948%

1520%

105%

1100%

Famous games in this line123 master games

Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus (2580) – Shirov, Alexei (2685)1993½–½ Dreev, Alexey (2570) – Malaniuk, Vladimir P (2635)1993½–½ Kuzmin, Alexey (2520) – Shirov, Alexei (2610)1991½–½ Indjic, Aleksandar (2540) – Miladinovic, Igor (2576)2013½–½ Ehlvest, Jaan (2615) – Rausis, Igors (2495)19951–0 Oll, Lembit (2610) – Rausis, Igors (2495)1995½–½ Novikov, Igor A (2500) – Malaniuk, Vladimir P (2560)1989½–½ Sumets, A. (2595) – Barsov, A. (2459)2016½–½

Family: Queen's Gambit
Category: Closed
First move: 1.d4
ECO: D06
Line: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. dxc6 Nxc6

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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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