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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)Atalik, Suat (2535) – Kamsky, Gata (2645)Kortschnoj, Viktor (2625) – Rogers, Ian (2525)Borovikov, V. (2557) – Teske, H. (2537)Rychagov, Andrey (2509) – Ovetchkin, Roman (2539)Khalifman, Alexander (2621) – Lovkov, Roman (2424)Pang, Tao (2485) – Bharath, Subramaniyam H (2556)Cebalo, Miso (2523) – Kovacevic, Vlatko (2508)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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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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