D30 · Indian · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation
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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3d54.Bg5Bb4+
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation107k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
64%69k54%
32%34k54%
3.5%3.8k54%
0.5%58550%
0%138%
Famous games in this line530 master games
Mamedyarov, S. (2808) – Caruana, F. (2816)Mamedyarov, S. (2804) – Caruana, F. (2811)Carlsen, M. (2842) – Navara, D. (2741)Carlsen, Magnus (2775) – Morozevich, Alexander (2788)Mamedyarov, S. (2817) – Harikrishna, P. (2729)Nakamura, Hikaru (2784) – Morozevich, Alexander (2760)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2768) – Grischuk, Alexander (2746)Mamedyarov, S. (2800) – Inarkiev, E. (2707)Heroes of this opening Mamedyarov, S. · Carlsen, Magnus · Caruana, F. · Morozevich, Alexander
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D30
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+
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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