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Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack

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1.d4d52.Bg5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack5.0M games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
22%1.1M46%
20%990k45%
14%688k43%
12%619k44%
9.7%486k45%
7.9%398k47%
5.2%260k49%
2.9%145k47%
2.5%125k6%
1.3%67k46%
Famous games in this line2.8k master games
Artemiev, V. (2731) – Caruana, F. (2822)2019½–½Morozevich, Alexander (2770) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2778)20120–1Morozevich, Alexander (2749) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2797)20010–1Nakamura, Hikaru (2741) – Aronian, Levon (2801)20101–0Kramnik, Vladimir (2791) – Gelfand, Boris (2741)20101–0Kramnik, Vladimir (2788) – Karjakin, Sergey (2727)2008½–½Anand, Viswanathan (2765) – Karpov, Anatoly (2745)19980–1Kramnik, Vladimir (2788) – Gelfand, Boris (2720)20081–0
Heroes of this opening Kramnik, Vladimir · Nakamura, Hikaru · Karpov, Anatoly
Family
Queen's Pawn Game
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D00
Line
1. d4 d5 2. Bg5
AggressiveClassical
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