Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Exchange Variation, Costa's Line
15/15
1.d4d52.c4Nc63.cxd5Qxd54.e3e55.Nc3Bb46.Bd2Bxc37.Bxc3exd48.Ne2
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Exchange Variation, Costa's Line2.9k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
40%1.2k43%
28%82938%
17%48726%
7.5%21941%
4.1%11945%
2.4%7014%
0.7%2028%
0.2%650%
0.2%540%
0.1%30%
Famous games in this line315 master games
Topalov, Veselin (2700) – Morozevich, Alexander (2723)Dautov, Rustem (2606) – Morozevich, Alexander (2756)Lautier, Joel (2645) – Yermolinsky, Alex (2660)Rogozenco, Dorian (2531) – Morozevich, Alexander (2756)Van Wely, Loek (2680) – Rabiega, Robert (2524)Van Wely, Loek (2680) – Rabiega, Robert (2524)Chatalbashev, Boris (2611) – Miladinovic, Igor (2560)Van Wely, Loek (2655) – Miladinovic, Igor (2500)Heroes of this opening Van Wely, Loek · 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 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 exd4 8. Ne2
Classical
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From the archives
The Queen's Gambit appears in the Göttingen manuscript, written around 1500. It anchored world-championship matches for decades — 32 of the 34 games of Capablanca–Alekhine 1927 were Queen's Gambit Declined — and in 2020 a Netflix series watched by 62 million households emptied the world's chess-set shelves. It isn't even a real gambit: Black cannot safely keep the pawn.
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