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Queen's Gambit Declined: Janowski Variation
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1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3a6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Janowski Variation465k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
38%177k52%
22%104k55%
11%51k52%
9.3%43k52%
5.8%27k53%
5.7%26k54%
2.8%13k48%
1.5%6.9k55%
1.2%5.8k52%
0.9%4.3k50%
Famous games in this line1.9k master games
Ding Liren (2799) – Carlsen, M.. (2847)Aronian, L. (2784) – Carlsen, M. (2851)Carlsen, M. (2855) – Mamedyarov, S. (2762)Carlsen, M. (2855) – Mamedyarov, S. (2762)Carlsen, M. (2855) – Mamedyarov, S. (2762)So, W.. (2770) – Carlsen, M.. (2847)Radjabov, T.. (2765) – Carlsen, M.. (2847)Grischuk, A. (2754) – Carlsen, M. (2857)Heroes of this opening Carlsen, M.
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D31
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6
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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