D30 · Indian · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Declined: Capablanca Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3d54.Bg5h6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Capablanca Variation105k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
71%75k55%
24%25k56%
3.9%4.0k51%
0.5%49834%
0.5%49827%
0.4%41654%
0.1%7937%
0%5156%
0%3944%
0%3023%
Famous games in this line694 master games
Grischuk, A. (2754) – Carlsen, M. (2857)Aronian, Levon (2739) – Anand, Viswanathan (2799)Wang, Yue (2739) – Topalov, Veselin (2796)Mamedyarov, S. (2817) – Cheparinov, I. (2709)Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2783) – Duda, J. (2740)Mamedyarov, S. (2817) – Dubov, Daniil (2703)Nakamura, Hi (2816) – Le Quang Liem (2697)Andreikin, Dmitry (2727) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2784)Heroes of this opening Grischuk, A. · Aronian, Levon · Topalov, Veselin · Mamedyarov, S.
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D30
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6
Classical
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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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