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Queen's Gambit Declined: Westphalian Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3d54.Nc3Bb45.Bg5Nbd76.e3c5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Westphalian Variation38k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
38%14k51%
16%5.8k51%
14%5.4k46%
11%4.2k51%
8.2%3.1k48%
3.5%1.3k50%
3.4%1.3k48%
2.6%98651%
1.5%57050%
1%37938%
Famous games in this line570 master games
Carlsen, M. (2840) – Erigaisi, Arjun (2775)2025½–½Gelfand, Boris (2729) – Aronian, Levon (2761)2006½–½Korobov, A. (2652) – Mamedyarov, S. (2799)20171–0Gelfand, Boris (2733) – Alekseev, Evgeny (2716)2009½–½Alekseev, Evgeny (2679) – Morozevich, Alexander (2762)20070–1Wang, Yue (2697) – Tomashevsky, Evgeny (2733)2012½–½Vidit, S. (2712) – Erigaisi, Arjun (2702)2023½–½Bu Xiangzhi (2689) – Sarana, A. (2706)2024½–½
Heroes of this opening Korobov, A. · Morozevich, Alexander
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
D38
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c5
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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