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Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Main Line

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3d54.Nc3c55.cxd5Nxd56.e3Nc67.Bd3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Main Line11k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
57%6.3k45%
16%1.7k47%
10%1.1k42%
3.7%40645%
2.1%22742%
1.8%20045%
1.6%18038%
1.6%17848%
1.4%14946%
1.1%12444%
Famous games in this line586 master games
Carlsen, M. (2842) – So, W. (2780)2018½–½Aronian, Levon (2809) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2810)20130–1So, W. (2812) – Vachier Lagrave, M. (2796)20170–1Carlsen, M. (2870) – Harikrishna, P. (2731)20191–0So, W. (2815) – Giri, A. (2785)20171–0Giri, A. (2771) – So, W. (2812)2017½–½Caruana, F. (2799) – Grischuk, A. (2782)20171–0Radjabov, T.. (2765) – Nepomniachtchi, I.. (2784)20201–0
Heroes of this opening Kramnik, Vladimir · Vachier Lagrave, M. · Carlsen, M. · So, W.
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
D42
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3
Classical
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Queen's Gambit Declined: Rochlin VariationD51 1…d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 …Queen's Gambit Declined: Anti-Tartakower VariationD55 4…Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main LineD63 4…Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1
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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