D67 · Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Capablanca System
18/18
1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3Nf64.Bg5Be75.e3O-O6.Nf3Nbd77.Rc1c68.Bd3dxc49.Bxc4Nd5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Capablanca System18k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
95%17k54%
0.8%14041%
0.7%11651%
0.5%8852%
0.4%7261%
0.4%7017%
0.2%4210%
0%736%
0%633%
Famous games in this line611 master games
Ivanchuk, Vassily (2730) – Ehlvest, Jaan (2660)Topalov, Veselin (2750) – Yermolinsky, Alex (2610)Karpov, Anatoly (2705) – Andersson, Ulf (2630)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2716) – Asrian, Karen (2605)Speelman, Jonathan S (2625) – Timman, Jan H (2675)Ljubojevic, Ljubomir (2645) – Andersson, Ulf (2640)Karpov, Anatoly (2745) – Campora, Daniel Hugo (2535)Kortschnoj, Viktor (2650) – Huebner, Robert (2620)Heroes of this opening Ivanchuk, Vassily · Karpov, Anatoly · Kortschnoj, Viktor
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D67
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5
Classical
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Go deeper — named lines from here
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Alekhine VariationD67 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Ne4Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Classical VariationD68 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.O-O Nxc3 12.Rxc3 e5
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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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