D51 · Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Declined: Capablanca Variation, Anti-Cambridge Springs Variation
11/11
1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3Nf64.Bg5Nbd75.e3c66.a3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Capablanca Variation, Anti-Cambridge Springs Variation24k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
42%10k47%
16%3.9k50%
14%3.3k48%
9.2%2.2k44%
6%1.5k51%
3.3%79948%
2.8%67143%
2.6%63244%
1.4%34548%
0.9%22744%
Famous games in this line63 master games
Granda Zuniga, Julio E (2636) – Adly, Ahmed (2630)Miles, Anthony J (2615) – Jussupow, Artur (2570)Beliavsky, Alexander G (2650) – Ruban, Vadim (2535)Atalik, Suat (2603) – Stojanovic, Mihajlo (2572)Ivanisevic, Ivan (2611) – Stojanovic, Mihajlo (2557)Kortschnoj, Viktor (2645) – Hector, Jonny (2520)Nikolaidis, I. (2559) – Adly, A. (2597)Iniyan, Pa (2586) – Stremavicius, T. (2549)Heroes of this opening Adly, Ahmed · Beliavsky, Alexander G · Atalik, Suat · Kortschnoj, Viktor
- 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. e3 c6 6. a3
Classical
★ Read the guide: Queen's Gambit DeclinedExplore all 257 Queen's Gambit lines →Keep exploring
Nearby lines in the family
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.
Study this opening