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Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Chameleon Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nc3d54.cxd5exd55.Bg5Be76.e3O-O7.Bd3Nbd78.Qc2Re89.Nge2Nf810.O-O-O
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Chameleon Variation205 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
43%8851%
11%2234%
8.8%1842%
6.8%1443%
4.9%1035%
4.9%1050%
4.9%1040%
4.4%928%
3.9%863%
2%475%
Famous games in this line27 master games
Hjartarson, Johann (2595) – Vaganian, Rafael A (2615)Vaganian, Rafael A (2615) – Hjartarson, Johann (2595)Stocek, Jiri (2578) – Azarov, Sergei (2586)Shirov, Alexei (2718) – Manne, Per Erik (2386)Smyslov, Vassily (2570) – Campora, Daniel Hugo (2520)Greenfeld, Alon (2550) – King, Daniel J (2500)Hodgson, Julian M (2545) – Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo (2485)Zubov, Alexander (2494) – Azarov, Sergei (2530)Heroes of this opening Hjartarson, Johann · Vaganian, Rafael A · Shirov, Alexei · Smyslov, Vassily
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D35
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Nge2 Nf8 10. O-O-O
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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