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Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Fianchetto Defense
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1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3Be74.Nf3Nf65.Bf4O-O6.e3b6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Fianchetto Defense161k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
32%52k54%
27%44k49%
13%21k50%
7.6%12k54%
7.1%12k50%
4.6%7.4k50%
3.2%5.2k51%
1.4%2.2k52%
0.9%1.4k48%
0.6%98151%
Famous games in this line1.8k master games
Ding Liren (2805) – Carlsen, M. (2882)Carlsen, M. (2882) – Karjakin, Sergey (2750)Ding Liren (2805) – Caruana, F. (2818)Carlsen, M. (2842) – Nakamura, Hi (2777)Giri, A. (2779) – Caruana, F. (2818)Ding Liren (2732) – Carlsen, M. (2862)Anand, V. (2779) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2809)Carlsen, M. (2835) – Nakamura, Hi (2746)Heroes of this opening Ding Liren · Carlsen, M.
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D37
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6
FianchettoAggressiveClassical
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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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