D07 · Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Main Line
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1.d4d52.c4Nc63.Nf3Bg4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Main Line514k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
34%175k53%
24%124k55%
24%122k57%
5.4%28k52%
2.6%13k51%
2.5%13k51%
2.1%11k46%
2%10k53%
1.4%7.0k50%
0.7%3.5k50%
Famous games in this line1.9k master games
Kramnik, Vladimir (2791) – Carlsen, Magnus (2802)Grischuk, Alexander (2773) – Carlsen, Magnus (2814)Kramnik, Vladimir (2758) – Morozevich, Alexander (2748)Gelfand, Boris (2740) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2757)Nakamura, Hi (2785) – Rapport, R. (2692)Kasparov, G. (2812) – Short, N. (2664)Vidit, S. (2695) – Rapport, R. (2731)Kramnik, Vladimir (2772) – Short, Nigel D (2642)Heroes of this opening Nakamura, Hi · Kasparov, G. · Kramnik, Vladimir
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D07
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4
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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