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Queen's Gambit Declined: Manhattan Variation

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1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3Nf64.Bg5Nbd75.e3Bb4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Manhattan Variation71k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
37%26k56%
15%10k58%
13%8.9k54%
12%8.5k51%
7%5.0k55%
4.7%3.4k55%
3.4%2.4k56%
3.1%2.2k74%
1.9%1.3k50%
1.8%1.3k54%
Famous games in this line81 master games
Nakamura, Hi (2776) – Aronian, L. (2777)20150–1Atalik, Suat (2535) – Kamsky, Gata (2645)19930–1Kortschnoj, Viktor (2625) – Rogers, Ian (2525)19871–0Borovikov, V. (2557) – Teske, H. (2537)2013½–½Rychagov, Andrey (2509) – Ovetchkin, Roman (2539)2006½–½Khalifman, Alexander (2621) – Lovkov, Roman (2424)20121–0Pang, Tao (2485) – Bharath, Subramaniyam H (2556)2025½–½Cebalo, Miso (2523) – Kovacevic, Vlatko (2508)20081–0
Heroes of this opening Aronian, L. · Kamsky, Gata · Kortschnoj, Viktor · Khalifman, Alexander
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D51
Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Bb4
Classical
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Nearby lines in the family
Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker DefenseD53 1…Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 …Queen's Gambit Accepted: Linares VariationD20 2…dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 …Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical DefenseD26 2…dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 …
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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