Queen’s Gambit
The list files 275 lines under the name Queen’s Gambit, spread over 47 codes (D02, D06–D09, D20–D32, D34–D42, D50–D69). Only one openings in the list have more named lines. D20 alone holds 17 of them. From the starting position of Queen’s Gambit, the most-travelled continuation is 2...e6, with 82 lines. The deepest, Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Classical Variation, runs to 14...Qxe5. At the end of 82 lines one side is ahead on material; 275 names contain the word Gambit.
| # | White | Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | d4 | d5 |
| 2 | c4 |
Where the lines split
One hundred and ninety of the 275 lines continue from 2.c4; the bars show how many take each next move, and the indented rows the most common reply. The other 84 reach the opening by a different move order.
- 2...e682
- 3.Nc366
- 3.Nf315
- 2...dxc461
- 3.Nf343
- 3.e410
- 3.e36
- 3.Qa4+1
- 2...Nc613
- 3.Nc37
- 3.Nf33
- 3.cxd52
- 2...e513
- 3.dxe512
- 2...c68
- 3.Nf38
- 2...Bf55
- 3.Nc32
- 3.cxd51
- 3.Qb31
- 2...c55
- 3.cxd52
- 3.dxc51
- 3.Nf31
- 2...Nf62
- 3.cxd51
- 2...b51
Codes holding Queen’s Gambit lines
| Code | Reference line | Lines | Longest line (plies) |
|---|---|---|---|
| D02 | Queen’s Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation | 1 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Slav (8) |
| D06 | Queen’s Gambit | 13 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Haberditz Variation (10) |
| D07 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense | 13 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Exchange Variation, Costa’s Line (15) |
| D08 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit | 9 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Krenosz Variation (16) |
| D09 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation | 4 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Be6 Line (10) |
| D20 | Queen’s Gambit Accepted | 17 | Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Old Variation, Billinger Gambit (11) |
| D21 | Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation | 6 | Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense, Borisenko-Furman Variation (7) |
| D22 | Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense | 3 | Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense, Alatortsev Variation (11) |
| D23 | Queen’s Gambit Accepted | 4 | Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Mannheim Variation (11) |
| D24 | Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Showalter Variation | 5 | Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Gunsberg Defense, Prianishenmo Gambit (13) |
| D25 | Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation | 4 | Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Janowski-Larsen Variation (8) |
| D26 | Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation, Traditional System | 11 | Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Classical, Furman Variation (19) |
| D27 | Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Main Line | 7 | Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Main Line (16) |
| D28 | Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System | 3 | Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Classical, Flohr Variation (26) |
| D29 | Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System, Main Line | 3 | Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System, Smyslov Variation (20) |
| D30 | Queen’s Gambit Declined | 12 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Semmering Variation (12) |
| D31 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Queen’s Knight Variation | 8 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav, Abrahams Variation (14) |
| D32 | Tarrasch Defense | 4 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense (14) |
| D34 | Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation, Main Line | 1 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense, Stoltz Variation (20) |
| D35 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Normal Defense | 13 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Chameleon Variation (19) |
| D36 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation | 10 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation (21) |
| D37 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation | 15 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack (19) |
| D38 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense | 3 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Westphalian Variation (12) |
| D39 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense, Vienna Variation | 1 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense, Vienna Variation (10) |
| D40 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense | 6 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Levenfish Variation (19) |
| D41 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense | 10 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Kmoch Variation (21) |
| D42 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Main Line | 1 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Main Line (13) |
| D50 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Modern Variation | 6 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Krause Variation (15) |
| D51 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense | 7 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Rochlin Variation (13) |
| D52 | Queen’s Gambit Declined | 8 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Defense, Argentine Variation (17) |
| D53 | Queen’s Gambit Declined | 9 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Uhlmann Variation (14) |
| D54 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation | 1 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation (11) |
| D55 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Normal Line | 6 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Anti-Tartakower Variation, Petrosian Variation (21) |
| D56 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense | 5 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Russian Variation (26) |
| D57 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Main Line | 3 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Bernstein Variation, Mar del Plata Gambit (24) |
| D58 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense | 2 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Exchange Variation (16) |
| D59 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Makogonov Exchange Variation | 2 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense (22) |
| D60 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense | 4 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Botvinnik Variation (14) |
| D61 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation | 6 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation (18) |
| D62 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation, Flohr Line | 1 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation, Flohr Line (15) |
| D63 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line | 10 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Capablanca Variation (17) |
| D64 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack | 4 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack (17) |
| D65 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack | 2 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack (19) |
| D66 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line | 3 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Fianchetto Variation (18) |
| D67 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Capablanca System | 5 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Alekhine Variation (21) |
| D68 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Classical Variation | 3 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Classical Variation (25) |
| D69 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Classical Variation | 1 | Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Classical Variation (28) |
Longest Queen’s Gambit lines
- Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Classical Variation 28
- Queen’s Gambit Accepted: Classical, Flohr Variation 26
- Queen’s Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Russian Variation 26
- Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Classical Variation 25
- Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Classical Variation 25
- Queen’s Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Bernstein Variation, Mar del Plata Gambit 24
- Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Classical Variation 24
- Queen’s Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Bernstein Variation 22