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Queen's Gambit Declined: Uhlmann Variation

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1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3Be74.Nf3Nf65.Bg5h66.Bh4O-O7.Rc1dxc4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Uhlmann Variation387 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
55%21152%
39%14950%
4.4%1753%
0.8%333%
0.8%383%
0.5%250%
0.5%2100%
Famous games in this line68 master games
Ivanchuk, Vassily (2775) – Topalov, Veselin (2768)2011½–½Karpov, Anatoly (2775) – Beliavsky, Alexander G (2650)19951–0Karpov, Anatoly (2705) – Kasparov, Garry (2715)1984½–½Ivanchuk, Vassily (2725) – Gelfand, Boris (2695)19971–0Kortschnoj, Viktor (2695) – Karpov, Anatoly (2700)19810–1Kortschnoj, Viktor (2695) – Karpov, Anatoly (2700)1981½–½Christiansen, Larry Mark (2585) – Karpov, Anatoly (2720)1982½–½Sakaev, Konstantin (2607) – Georgiev, Kiril (2675)2010½–½
Heroes of this opening Karpov, Anatoly · Ivanchuk, Vassily
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D53
Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 dxc4
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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