D37 · Indian · a plan for White

Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation, Quiet Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3d54.Nc3dxc45.e3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation, Quiet Variation347k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
29%99k40%
18%63k46%
15%52k50%
14%47k49%
6.4%22k39%
4.7%16k42%
3.5%12k40%
2.9%10k46%
1.8%6.3k40%
1.5%5.2k35%
Famous games in this line2.3k master games
Carlsen, Magnus (2863) – Caruana, Fabiano (2835)20201–0Carlsen, Magnus (2863) – Ding, Liren (2791)2020½–½Kramnik, Vladimir (2797) – Kasparov, Garry (2827)20011–0Carlsen, M.. (2847) – So, W.. (2770)20210–1Kramnik, Vladimir (2759) – Topalov, Veselin (2796)2009½–½Eljanov, P. (2741) – Caruana, F. (2813)2016½–½Anand, Viswanathan (2788) – Morozevich, Alexander (2750)2009½–½Ponomariov, Ruslan (2739) – Anand, Viswanathan (2788)2009½–½
Heroes of this opening Carlsen, Magnus · Kramnik, Vladimir · So, W..
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
D37
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3
Classical
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Nearby lines in the family
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Bogoljubow DefenseD24 1…d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 …Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch VariationD50 1…d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 …Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Modern LineD08 1…d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 …
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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