D30 · Closed · a plan for White

Queen's Gambit Declined: Stonewall Variation

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1.d4d52.c4c63.Nf3Nf64.e3e65.Nbd2Ne46.Bd3f5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Stonewall Variation2.3k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
43%97350%
20%44855%
14%30448%
5.5%12449%
4.6%10339%
3.9%8838%
3.4%7658%
1.6%3644%
1.6%3649%
0.6%1429%
Famous games in this line19 master games
Damljanovic, Branko (2560) – Komljenovic, Davorin (2470)19941–0Baranowski, Tadeusz (2419) – Nekhaev, Andrey Ivanovich (2517)2014½–½Banawa, Joel Cholo (2345) – Stopa, Jacek (2462)2010½–½Galytskyi, Volodymyr (2359) – Konstantinov, Maxim (2435)2018½–½Kourkounakis, Ilias (2407) – Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios (2384)1999½–½Voinov, Alexandr (2428) – Tuzhik, Artem (2353)2007½–½Rubinetti, Jorge Alberto (2380) – Cuasnicu, Oscar (2400)1976½–½Pingitzer, Harald (2278) – Vavra, Pavel (2393)2000½–½
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D30
Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Ne4 6. Bd3 f5
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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