D07 · Closed · a plan for White

Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Main Line, Alekhine Variation

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1.d4d52.c4Nc63.Nf3Bg44.Qa4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Main Line, Alekhine Variation1.7k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
68%1.2k44%
9.8%17145%
9%15633%
7.3%12644%
3.2%5544%
1.3%2227%
0.5%813%
0.4%729%
0.3%642%
0.2%333%
Famous games in this line71 master games
Portisch, Lajos (2630)Smyslov, Vassily (2620)1971½–½Georgiev, Kiril (2660)Morozevich, Alexander (2545)19931–0Malaniuk, Vladimir P (2595)Morozevich, Alexander (2590)19940–1Novikov, Igor A (2591)Skembris, Spyridon (2481)20001–0Jobava, Baadur (2615)Muse, Mladen (2448)20041–0Novikov, Igor A (2540)Finegold, Benjamin (2490)19931–0Novikov, Igor A (2580)Danailov, Silvio (2445)1992½–½Novikov, Igor A (2580)Muse, Mladen (2445)19951–0
Heroes of this opening Novikov, Igor A · Georgiev, Kiril · Morozevich, Alexander · Jobava, Baadur
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D07
Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Qa4
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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