D50 · Closed · a plan for White

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

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1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3Nf64.Bg5c55.Nf3cxd46.Nxd4e57.Ndb5a68.Qa4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Krause Variation103 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
84%8658%
12%1250%
1.9%250%
1.9%20%
1%10%
Famous games in this line4 master games
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman (2460) – Christiansen, Larry Mark (2550)19840–1Mikhalchishin, Adrian (2545) – Gorelov, Sergey G (2420)1981½–½Bennis, Zakaria (2280) – Hmadi, Slaheddine (2330)1992½–½Taksrud, Vidar (2106) – Johansen, Anders Sten (2366)2022½–½
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D50
Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Ndb5 a6 8. Qa4
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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