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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+
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Endgame Variation950 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
100%95046%
Famous games in this line506 master games
Carlsen, M.. (2862) – So, W.. (2770)Carlsen, M.. (2862) – So, W.. (2770)Carlsen, M. (2864) – Nepomniachtchi, I. (2766)Carlsen, M. (2830) – Caruana, F. (2794)Carlsen, M.. (2847) – So, W.. (2770)Radjabov, T.. (2765) – Carlsen, M.. (2847)Radjabov, T.. (2765) – Carlsen, M.. (2847)Carlsen, M. (2830) – So, W. (2752)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+
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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