D63 · Indian · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Henneberger Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3d54.Nc3Be75.Bg5O-O6.e3Nbd77.Rc1a6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Henneberger Variation35k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
33%12k47%
16%5.5k52%
7.5%2.6k51%
4.2%1.5k47%
3.6%1.2k53%
2.4%85751%
1.1%39154%
0.9%33149%
Famous games in this line603 master games
Aronian, Levon (2813) – Carlsen, Magnus (2868)Topalov, Veselin (2788) – Nielsen, Peter Heine (2668)Vaganian, Rafael A (2664) – Onischuk, Alexander (2641)Vaganian, Rafael A (2664) – Onischuk, Alexander (2641)Sargissian, Gabriel (2663) – Seirawan, Yasser (2635)Timman, Jan H (2650) – Portisch, Lajos (2640)Portisch, Lajos (2645) – Petrosian, Tigran V (2640)Polugaevsky, Lev (2625) – Portisch, Lajos (2650)Heroes of this opening Portisch, Lajos · Onischuk, Alexander · Vaganian, Rafael A
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D63
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6
Classical
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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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