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Queen's Gambit Declined: Miles Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3d54.Nc3Be75.Bg5O-O6.Qc2
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Miles Variation46k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
28%13k47%
16%7.6k48%
14%6.3k46%
13%5.8k50%
8.7%4.0k50%
6.7%3.1k47%
6.2%2.8k46%
4.6%2.1k47%
0.7%31343%
0.6%27846%
Famous games in this line544 master games
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2752) – Alekseev, Evgeny (2716)2007½–½Kramnik, Vladimir (2760) – Inarkiev, E. (2688)20141–0Kasparov, Garry (2740) – Karpov, Anatoly (2700)1987½–½Ivanchuk, Vassily (2739) – Bruzon Batista, Lazaro (2669)2005½–½Le Quang Liem (2718) – Fressinet, L. (2687)20161–0Kramnik, Vladimir (2730) – Beliavsky, Alexander G (2650)19951–0Andreikin, D. (2723) – Kovalenko, I. (2657)2017½–½Kramnik, Vladimir (2730) – Short, Nigel D (2645)19951–0
Heroes of this opening Kramnik, Vladimir · Le Quang Liem
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
D37
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qc2
Classical
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Queen's Gambit Declined: Alekhine VariationD51 1…d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 …Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox VariationD54 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O …Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation, Novikov GambitD20 1…d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.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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