Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense, Stoltz Variation
20/20
1.d4d52.c4e63.Nf3c54.cxd5exd55.g3Nc66.Bg2Nf67.O-OBe78.Nc3O-O9.Bg5Be610.Rc1b6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense, Stoltz Variation512 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
29%14650%
16%8351%
12%6166%
12%6049%
8.2%4251%
7.6%3938%
3.9%2050%
2.9%1550%
2.3%1254%
2.3%1275%
Famous games in this line4 master games
Andres Gonzalez, Alberto (2435) – Khamrakulov, Dzhurabek (2322)Lapcevic, Milos (2421) – Misojcic, Miroslav (2248)Bach, Matthias (2342) – Behrmann, Joachim (2212)Conquest, Stuart (2255) – Jensen, Allan (2275)Heroes of this opening Khamrakulov, Dzhurabek · Behrmann, Joachim · Jensen, Allan
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D34
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Rc1 b6
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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