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Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Exchange Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3d54.Nc3c55.cxd5Nxd56.e4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Exchange Variation92k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
77%70k45%
12%11k47%
7.7%7.1k41%
2.1%1.9k37%
0.7%60735%
0.3%25039%
0.1%8244%
0%2423%
0%205%
0%205%
Famous games in this line2.1k master games
Carlsen, M. (2861) – Ding Liren (2805)Topalov, V. (2803) – Carlsen, M. (2834)Carlsen, Magnus (2863) – Giri, Anish (2764)Mamedyarov, S. (2820) – Ding Liren (2804)Aronian, Levon (2809) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2801)Aronian, L. (2792) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2812)Aronian, L. (2793) – Kramnik, V. (2808)Aronian, L. (2793) – Kramnik, V. (2808)Heroes of this opening Aronian, Levon · Carlsen, Magnus
- 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 Nxd5 6. e4
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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