D41 · Closed · a plan for White

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

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1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3Nf64.Nf3c55.cxd5Nxd56.e4Nxc37.bxc3cxd48.cxd4Bb4+9.Bd2Bxd2+10.Qxd2O-O11.Bb5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Kmoch Variation1.5k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
49%75653%
25%38743%
15%22349%
4.8%7455%
4.1%6337%
1%1550%
0.3%425%
0.2%367%
0.2%333%
0.1%225%
Famous games in this line17 master games
Zhou Jianchao (2612) – Ma Qun (2613)2016½–½Onischuk, Al (2672) – Liang, Awonder (2552)2018½–½Kozul, Zdenko (2570) – Psakhis, Lev (2625)1995½–½Troff, Kayden W (2501) – Zhou Jianchao (2630)2016½–½Nanu, C. (2509) – Istratescu, A. (2593)2017½–½Miton, Kamil (2545) – Cyborowski, Lukasz (2543)2003½–½Vakhidov, J. (2471) – Adly, A. (2594)20140–1Lysyj, I. (2599) – Bryakin, M. (2427)2022½–½
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D41
Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bb5
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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