D57 · Closed · a plan for White

Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Main Line

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1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3Be74.Nf3Nf65.Bg5h66.Bh4O-O7.e3Ne48.Bxe7Qxe79.cxd5Nxc310.bxc3

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Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Main Line22k games · Black to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

22k46%

3250%

1136%

617%

520%

30%

367%

333%

20%

Famous games in this line255 master games

Topalov, Veselin (2803) – Anand, Viswanathan (2800)20100–1 Nakamura, Hi (2779) – Caruana, F. (2823)20161–0 Topalov, Veselin (2775) – Anand, Viswanathan (2817)2011½–½ Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2788) – Caruana, F. (2795)20160–1 Aronian, Levon (2786) – Anand, Viswanathan (2788)2009½–½ Grischuk, A. (2810) – Radjabov, T. (2734)20140–1 Svidler, P. (2734) – Caruana, F. (2803)2015½–½ Nakamura, Hi (2764) – Jakovenko, D. (2747)2014½–½

Heroes of this opening Anand, Viswanathan · Nakamura, Hi · Caruana, F. · Radjabov, T.

Family: Queen's Gambit
Category: Closed
First move: 1.d4
ECO: D57
Line: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3

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Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical, Furman VariationD26 2…dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 …Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Janowski VariationD67 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 …Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Chameleon VariationD35 1…Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 …

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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