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Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Pillsbury Variation

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1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3Nf64.Nf3c55.Bg5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Pillsbury Variation678k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
38%255k47%
30%203k50%
15%103k47%
5.4%37k49%
5.2%35k43%
4.3%29k45%
0.7%5.0k51%
0.5%3.5k44%
0.5%3.2k39%
0.3%1.9k46%
Famous games in this line40 master games
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2764) – So, Wesley (2770)2020½–½Dubov, Daniil (2710) – Radjabov, T.. (2765)2021½–½Fedoseev, Vl3 (2692) – Firouzja, Alireza (2767)2024½–½Dubov, Daniil (2683) – Giri, Anish (2768)2020½–½Vitiugov, Nikita (2722) – Lysyj, Igor (2594)2020½–½Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2646) – Gyimesi, Zoltan (2628)20051–0Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2722) – Pinter, Jozsef (2532)20061–0Mareco, Sandro (2581) – Peralta, Fernando (2593)20120–1
Heroes of this opening Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar · Peralta, Fernando
Family
Queen's Gambit
Category
Closed
First move
1.d4
ECO
D40
Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bg5
Classical
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From the archives

The Queen's Gambit appears in the Göttingen manuscript, written around 1500. It anchored world-championship matches for decades — 32 of the 34 games of Capablanca–Alekhine 1927 were Queen's Gambit Declined — and in 2020 a Netflix series watched by 62 million households emptied the world's chess-set shelves. It isn't even a real gambit: Black cannot safely keep the pawn.

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