Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack
7/7
1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3Nf64.Bf4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack1.8M games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
21%375k47%
20%347k45%
15%260k46%
13%226k45%
11%184k45%
10%176k50%
3.1%55k48%
2.2%39k42%
2.2%38k44%
1.2%22k47%
Famous games in this line184 master games
Carlsen, M.. (2847) – Aronian, L.. (2781)Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2759) – Adams, Michael (2753)Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2753) – Andreikin, Dmitry (2713)Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2753) – Khairullin, Ildar (2658)Vitiugov, N. (2742) – Zvjaginsev, V. (2659)Fedoseev, Vl3 (2718) – Akobian, V. (2647)Jobava, Ba (2603) – Matlakov, M.. (2688)Jobava, Ba (2713) – Donchenko, Alexa (2563)Heroes of this opening Carlsen, M.. · Andreikin, Dmitry · Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar · Fedoseev, Vl3
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D35
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4
AggressiveClassical
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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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