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Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav, Junge Variation
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1.d4d52.c4e63.Nf3c64.Nc3dxc45.a4Bb46.e3b57.Bd2Qb6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav, Junge Variation2.3k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
26%60633%
26%60344%
19%42944%
18%41035%
5.1%11870%
1.8%4251%
1.8%4140%
1.1%2546%
0.3%650%
0.2%450%
Famous games in this line28 master games
Lautier, Joel (2620) – Granda Zuniga, Julio E (2605)Dizdar, Goran (2535) – Tukmakov, Vladimir B (2600)Komljenovic, Davorin (2470) – Granda Zuniga, Julio E (2510)Mikkelsen, Nikolaj (2399) – Rasmussen, Allan Stig (2536)Nagle, Sean (2375) – Ilincic, Zlatko (2538)Dao, Thien Hai (2604) – Ngo, Ngoc Quang (2289)Agamaliev, Gamil (2440) – Skomorokhin, Roman (2425)Allen, Andrew (2264) – Volkov, Sergey (2582)Heroes of this opening Lautier, Joel · Rasmussen, Allan Stig · Nagle, Sean · Agamaliev, Gamil
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D31
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 Qb6
Classical
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From the archives
The Queen's Gambit appears in the Göttingen manuscript, written around 1500. It anchored world-championship matches for decades — 32 of the 34 games of Capablanca–Alekhine 1927 were Queen's Gambit Declined — and in 2020 a Netflix series watched by 62 million households emptied the world's chess-set shelves. It isn't even a real gambit: Black cannot safely keep the pawn.
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