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Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Pillsbury Variation

17/17
1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nc3d54.Bg5Be75.e3O-O6.Nf3Nbd77.Rc1b68.cxd5exd59.Bd3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Pillsbury Variation9.3k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
72%6.7k46%
17%1.6k44%
6%55740%
1.8%16947%
1.1%10144%
0.9%8536%
0.6%5637%
0.2%2232%
0.1%729%
0.1%60%
Famous games in this line35 master games
Vaganian, Rafael A (2664) – Meijers, Viesturs (2475)20021–0Gligoric, Svetozar (2600) – Bobotsov, Milko G (2485)19711–0Gareev, T. (2583) – Nikitenko, M. (2492)20211–0Mekhitarian, K. (2536) – Lima, Da (2535)20191–0Ragger, M. (2682) – Freitag, Ma (2367)20161–0Malakhatko, Vadim (2543) – Meijers, Viesturs (2499)20041–0Stojanovic, Mihajlo (2585) – Serafimov, Tervel (2415)20091–0Postny, E. (2623) – Lin, Yi (2359)20191–0
Heroes of this opening Vaganian, Rafael A · Gligoric, Svetozar · Gareev, T. · Mekhitarian, K.
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
D63
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3
Classical
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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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