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Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nc3d54.Bg5Be75.e3O-O6.Rc1
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation25k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
24%5.9k46%
20%4.9k44%
15%3.8k46%
14%3.5k44%
8.9%2.2k47%
8%2.0k45%
3%73243%
2.7%66842%
2.5%61838%
0.8%18747%
Famous games in this line250 master games
Matlakov, M. (2689) – Zvjaginsev, V. (2642)Cori, J. (2657) – Bruzon Batista, L. (2660)Ivanchuk, V. (2710) – Aleksandrov, A. (2586)Roiz, Michael (2615) – Grachev, Boris (2674)Vaganian, Rafael A (2590) – Short, Nigel D (2685)Jakovenko, Dmitrij (2725) – Abergel, Thal (2547)Kortschnoj, Viktor (2610) – Short, Nigel D (2660)Portisch, Lajos (2655) – Spassky, Boris V (2615)Heroes of this opening Ivanchuk, V. · Short, Nigel D · Jakovenko, Dmitrij
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D54
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1
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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