D31 · Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation
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1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3Be7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation393k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
51%202k51%
16%64k52%
15%58k51%
6.8%27k48%
5.4%21k49%
1.4%5.7k51%
1.2%4.7k53%
0.9%3.4k49%
0.5%1.8k48%
0.4%1.6k52%
Famous games in this line8.7k master games
Carlsen, M. (2853) – Nakamura, Hi (2814)Carlsen, Magnus (2835) – Aronian, Levon (2805)Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2778) – Caruana, Fabiano (2835)Mamedyarov, S. (2800) – So, W. (2812)Nakamura, Hi (2791) – Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2819)Nakamura, Hi (2764) – Caruana, F. (2844)Aronian, L. (2793) – So, W. (2812)Giri, A. (2784) – Caruana, F. (2820)Heroes of this opening Carlsen, Magnus · Aronian, L.
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D31
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7
Classical
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Go deeper — named lines from here
Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation, Miladinovic GambitD31 4.e4 dxe4 5.f3Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Fianchetto DefenseD37 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 b6Queen's Gambit Declined: Uhlmann VariationD53 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O …Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Exchange VariationD58 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O …
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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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