D66 · Closed · a plan for White

Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Fianchetto Variation

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1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3Nf64.Bg5c65.Nf3Be76.e3Nbd77.Rc1O-O8.Bd3dxc49.Bxc4b5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Fianchetto Variation31k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
81%26k53%
14%4.4k49%
5%1.6k52%
0%729%
0%540%
0%150%
0%10%
0%10%
0%10%
0%10%
Famous games in this line66 master games
Jussupow, Artur (2583) – Goloshchapov, Alexander (2563)2008½–½Krasenkow, Michal (2609) – Jakubowski, Krzysztof (2483)20031–0Brunello, S. (2519) – Svane, Frederik (2568)2022½–½Cramling, P. (2507) – Gunina, V. (2508)20140–1Atalik, S. (2494) – Zakhartsov, Vl (2514)2021½–½Dzagnidze, N. (2520) – Atalik, E. (2468)2017½–½Balogh, Imre (2415) – Georgiev, Vladimir (2572)20080–1Suetin, Alexey S (2550) – Polgar, Istvan (2370)19721–0
Heroes of this opening Krasenkow, Michal · Gunina, V. · Georgiev, Vladimir · Suetin, Alexey S
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D66
Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5
FianchettoClassical
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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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