D61 · Closed · a plan for White

Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation

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1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3Nf64.Bg5Be75.e3O-O6.Nf3Nbd77.Qc2
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation73k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
21%15k45%
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation19%14k44%
19%14k47%
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation18%13k48%
13%9.7k48%
4.9%3.6k43%
3.8%2.8k46%
0.3%21542%
0.2%16139%
0.1%10539%
Famous games in this line1.2k master games
Carlsen, M.. (2847) – Karjakin, Sergey (2757)20211–0Erigaisi, Arjun (2799) – Maghsoodloo, Parham (2712)2024½–½Wojtaszek, R. (2727) – Mamedyarov, S. (2747)2016½–½Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2752) – Alekseev, Evgeny (2716)2007½–½Mamedyarov, S. (2817) – Sarana, A. (2630)2019½–½Harikrishna, P. (2727) – Eljanov, P. (2719)2014½–½Carlsen, M. (2840) – Lodici, Lorenzo (2590)20251–0Shirov, Alexei (2710) – Piket, Jeroen (2670)1995½–½
Heroes of this opening Carlsen, M..
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D61
Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2
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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