D31 · Closed · a plan for White

Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav, Koomen Variation

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1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3c64.Nf3dxc45.e3b56.a4Bb47.Bd2Qe7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav, Koomen Variation234 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
72%16938%
13%3124%
6.8%1659%
5.6%1346%
1.3%367%
0.4%1100%
0.4%10%
Famous games in this line48 master games
Ivanchuk, V. (2607) – Dubov, Daniil (2672)20250–1Bacrot, Etienne (2627) – Fressinet, Laurent (2575)2001½–½Gulko, Boris F (2635) – Bagirov, Vladimir (2525)1993½–½Beliavsky, Alexander G (2654) – Feygin, Michael (2482)20011–0Hebert, Jean (2454) – Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus (2559)19990–1Pekarek, Ales (2445) – Arkhipov, Sergey (2540)19860–1Shulman, Yuri (2614) – Schneider, Igor (2369)20061–0Oratovsky, Michael (2556) – Candela Perez, Jose (2426)20021–0
Heroes of this opening Dubov, Daniil · Beliavsky, Alexander G · Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus · Arkhipov, Sergey
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D31
Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Qe7
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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