D60 · Closed · a plan for White

Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rauzer Variation

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1.d4d52.Nf3Nf63.c4e64.Nc3Be75.Bg5O-O6.e3Nbd77.Qb3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rauzer Variation6.1k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
30%1.8k45%
19%1.1k48%
17%1.0k49%
14%83651%
8.7%53346%
7.6%46553%
1.6%9743%
1.2%7551%
1%6233%
0.3%1939%
Famous games in this line17 master games
Akopian, Vladimir (2655) – Short, Nigel D (2690)1997½–½Grandelius, N. (2645) – Blohberger, Felix (2536)20240–1Akopian, Vladimir (2600) – Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus (2580)1993½–½Akopian, Vladimir (2605) – Ubilava, Elizbar (2560)19921–0Akopian, Vladimir (2655) – San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo (2505)19971–0Poluljahov, Aleksandr (2526) – Tregubov, Pavel V (2615)20000–1Malaniuk, Vladimir P (2570) – Kuzmin, Gennadi P (2465)2000½–½Suba, Mihai (2545) – Inkiov, Ventzislav (2465)19861–0
Heroes of this opening Akopian, Vladimir · Blohberger, Felix · Tregubov, Pavel V · Suba, Mihai
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D60
Line
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qb3
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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