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Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nc3d54.Bg5Be75.e3Ne4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense55k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
81%45k56%
12%6.6k56%
5.8%3.2k57%
0.6%31224%
0.2%12454%
0.2%10434%
0.1%6041%
0%1836%
0%1540%
0%1530%
Famous games in this line12 master games
Kortschnoj, Viktor (2650) – Pfleger, Helmut (2520)1973½–½El Gindy, Essam (2510) – Al Zendani, Zendan (2347)20061–0Vokac, Marek (2455) – Dolezal, Radoslav Jr (2396)20061–0Jobava, Baadur (2518) – Vasiljevic, Dragan (2330)20011–0Prelevic, Dusko (2358) – Sahovic, Dragutin (2387)2001½–½Miljkovic, Miroslav M (2386) – Vasiljevic, Dragan (2351)20031–0Hecht, Hans Joachim (2397) – Anguera Maestro, Jaime (2220)20061–0Rodriguez, Jorge Luis (2320) – Medina, Miguel (2265)19901–0
Heroes of this opening El Gindy, Essam · Vokac, Marek · Jobava, Baadur · Miljkovic, Miroslav M
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
D53
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Ne4
Classical
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Nearby lines in the family
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Linares VariationD20 1…d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 …Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical DefenseD26 1…d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 …Queen's Gambit Declined: Spielmann VariationD30 1…d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 …
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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