D35 · Indian · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Sämisch Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3d54.Nc3Nbd75.cxd5exd56.Bf4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Sämisch Variation12k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
60%7.0k44%
13%1.4k43%
9.4%1.1k42%
8.4%96641%
3.2%36837%
2.2%25444%
1.6%18140%
1.2%13339%
0.5%6344%
0.3%3631%
Famous games in this line767 master games
Nakamura, Hi (2787) – Aronian, L. (2792)Le Quang Liem (2739) – Karjakin, Sergey (2773)Radjabov, Teimour (2747) – Morozevich, Alexander (2762)Le, Quang Liem (2728) – Aronian, L. (2775)Yu Yangyi (2704) – Ding Liren (2799)Bu Xiangzhi (2705) – Anand, V. (2779)Le Quang, Liem (2715) – Ponomariov, Ruslan (2764)Bu Xiangzhi (2719) – Mamedyarov, S. (2750)Heroes of this opening Nakamura, Hi · Karjakin, Sergey · Ding Liren · Le Quang, Liem
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D35
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4
Classical
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From the archives
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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