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Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Endgame Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3d54.Nc3c55.cxd5cxd46.Qxd4exd57.e4dxe48.Qxd8+

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Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Endgame Variation950 games · Black to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

95046%

Famous games in this line506 master games

Carlsen, M.. (2862) – So, W.. (2770)20200–1 Carlsen, M.. (2862) – So, W.. (2770)20201–0 Carlsen, M. (2864) – Nepomniachtchi, I. (2766)2022½–½ Carlsen, M. (2830) – Caruana, F. (2794)20231–0 Carlsen, M.. (2847) – So, W.. (2770)2021½–½ Radjabov, T.. (2765) – Carlsen, M.. (2847)2021½–½ Radjabov, T.. (2765) – Carlsen, M.. (2847)2021½–½ Carlsen, M. (2830) – So, W. (2752)20231–0

Heroes of this opening Carlsen, M.. · So, W..

Family: Queen's Gambit
Category: Indian
First move: 1.d4
ECO: D41
Line: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 dxe4 8. Qxd8+

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Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Bd3 LineD66 1…d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 …Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Krause VariationD50 1…d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 …Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Swiss, Carlsbad VariationD63 4…Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 …

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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