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Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Botvinnik Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3d54.Nc3Be75.Bg5O-O6.e3Nbd77.Bd3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Botvinnik Variation277k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
27%75k52%
16%45k48%
16%43k50%
15%42k49%
8.4%23k53%
3.3%9.2k47%
0.3%94043%
0.2%63643%
0.1%39935%
Famous games in this line321 master games
Mchedlishvili, M. (2574) – Duda, J. (2732)Tkachiev, Vladislav (2657) – Zvjaginsev, Vadim (2635)Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo (2614) – Bruzon Batista, Lazaro (2653)Petrosian, Tigran V (2635) – Larsen, Bent (2625)Graf, Alexander (2610) – Sulskis, Sarunas (2571)Spraggett, Kevin (2580) – Sokolov, Andrei (2595)Van Wely, L. (2632) – Ehlvest, J. (2524)Skembris, Spyridon (2525) – Portisch, Lajos (2610)Heroes of this opening Duda, J. · Tkachiev, Vladislav · Petrosian, Tigran V · Sulskis, Sarunas
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D60
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3
SharpClassical
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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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