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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 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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