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Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3d54.Nc3Be75.Bg5h66.Bh4O-O7.e3b6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense262k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
38%101k50%
25%67k46%
10%27k47%
10%26k50%
3.6%9.6k47%
3.5%9.2k53%
3.4%8.8k47%
1.2%3.1k45%
1%2.7k47%
0.9%2.5k43%
Famous games in this line6.2k master games
Kramnik, Vladimir (2802) – Kasparov, Garry (2838)2001½–½Anand, Viswanathan (2811) – Carlsen, Magnus (2826)2011½–½Nakamura, Hi (2798) – So, W. (2788)2015½–½Nakamura, Hikaru (2753) – Carlsen, Magnus (2823)2011½–½Topalov, Veselin (2740) – Kasparov, Garry (2825)19980–1Topalov, Veselin (2740) – Kasparov, Garry (2825)19980–1Carlsen, Magnus (2775) – Topalov, Veselin (2777)20080–1Nakamura, Hi (2787) – Harikrishna, P. (2763)2016½–½
Heroes of this opening Kasparov, Garry · Topalov, Veselin
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
D58
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6
Classical
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Queen's Gambit Accepted: Furman VariationD27 1…d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 …Queen's Gambit Declined: Uhlmann VariationD53 1…d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 …Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav, Junge VariationD31 1…d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 …
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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