D07 · Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Exchange Variation
6/6
1.d4d52.c4Nc63.cxd5Qxd5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Exchange Variation635k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
58%368k56%
27%174k56%
14%90k40%
0.1%81734%
0.1%54252%
0%26136%
0%23037%
0%14847%
0%6537%
0%4757%
Famous games in this line943 master games
Kasparov, Garry (2805) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2700)Ding Liren (2766) – Ivanchuk, V. (2710)Topalov, Veselin (2700) – Morozevich, Alexander (2723)Eljanov, Pavel (2751) – Moiseenko, Alexander (2669)Wojtaszek, R. (2733) – Rapport, R. (2671)Piket, Jeroen (2632) – Morozevich, Alexander (2745)Dautov, Rustem (2606) – Morozevich, Alexander (2756)Beliavsky, Alexander G (2690) – Yermolinsky, Alex (2660)Heroes of this opening Kasparov, Garry · Ivanchuk, V. · Topalov, Veselin · Morozevich, Alexander
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D07
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5
Classical
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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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