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Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Alburt Defense

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1.d4d52.Nc3Bf5
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Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Alburt Defense1.2M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
51%592k52%
16%186k48%
12%141k55%
5.9%69k48%
5.5%64k55%
2.8%33k55%
1.8%20k46%
1.7%20k48%
1.6%18k48%
0.3%3.5k51%
Famous games in this line264 master games
Niemann, Hans Moke (2688) – Aronian, L. (2775)20220–1Jobava, Ba (2717) – Andreikin, D. (2722)20140–1Bortnyk, Olexandr (2604) – Aronian, L. (2785)20221–0Bortnyk, Olexandr (2604) – Andreikin, D. (2729)20220–1Nakamura, Hi (2781) – Xu, Xiangyu (2545)20181–0Huschenbeth, N. (2592) – Grandelius, N. (2666)2021½–½Niemann, Hans Moke (2656) – Kobalia, M. (2596)20221–0Gashimov, Vugar (2594) – Kobalia, Mihail (2614)20051–0
Heroes of this opening Andreikin, D. · Aronian, L. · Bortnyk, Olexandr · Nakamura, Hi
Family
Queen's Pawn Game
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D00
Line
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Bf5
Classical
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