D59 · Closed · a plan for White

Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Makogonov Exchange Variation

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1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3Be74.Nf3Nf65.Bg5h66.Bh4O-O7.e3b68.cxd5Nxd5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Makogonov Exchange Variation69k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
72%50k48%
16%11k49%
9.1%6.3k49%
1.6%1.1k19%
0.2%14829%
0.2%13318%
0.2%12717%
0.2%11715%
0.1%5125%
0.1%3619%
Famous games in this line802 master games
Nakamura, Hikaru (2753) – Carlsen, Magnus (2823)2011½–½Nakamura, Hi (2787) – Harikrishna, P. (2763)2016½–½Radjabov, T. (2763) – So, W. (2778)20211–0Nakamura, Hi (2750) – So, W. (2778)20221–0Eljanov, P. (2765) – Topalov, V. (2754)2016½–½Fischer, Robert James (2785) – Spassky, Boris V (2660)19721–0Vitiugov, Nikita (2726) – Tomashevsky, Evgeny (2710)2011½–½Bok, B. (2640) – Grischuk, A. (2759)20190–1
Heroes of this opening Radjabov, T. · Nakamura, Hi · Fischer, Robert James · Grischuk, A.
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D59
Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5
Classical
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Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Krenosz VariationD08 2…e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 …Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Exchange VariationD58 8…exd5Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System, Main LineD29 2…dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 …
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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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