Queen's Gambit Accepted
Queen's Gambit Accepted (D20) starts 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4. In 12,156 games between strong players, White wins 44%, 15% are drawn and Black wins 41%; the most played move is 3.Nf3 (51%).
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4
- ECO
- D20
- Games between strong players
- 12,156
- To move
- White
White wins, draws and Black wins, from this position.
What strong players play next
The moves played most from this position in over-the-board broadcasts and the Lichess Elite Database, how often, and how the games ended.
| Move | Played | Results | Leads to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.Nf3 | 51% (6,140) | – | |
| 3.e3 | 23% (2,776) | Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation | |
| 3.e4 | 21% (2,556) | Queen's Gambit Accepted: Saduleto Variation | |
| 3.Nc3 | 5% (622) | – | |
| 3.Qa4+ | 0% (32) | – |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from Queen's Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation 6,388 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation 2,776 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Saduleto Variation 2,555 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Showalter Variation 856 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Gunsberg Defense 745 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Mannheim Variation 683 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Rosenthal Variation 664 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense 654 games
Top players' games in the Queen's Gambit Accepted, reviewed
Every Queen's Gambit Accepted line
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation 6,388 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation, Traditional System 3,799 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Main Line 3,426 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense 3,242 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Normal Line 3,005 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation 2,776 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Saduleto Variation 2,555 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, McDonnell Defense 1,104 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Janowski-Larsen Variation 1,061 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Showalter Variation 856 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Steinitz Variation, Development Variation 794 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Gunsberg Defense 745 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Furman Variation 689 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Mannheim Variation 683 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Rubinstein Variation 680 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Rosenthal Variation 664 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense 654 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation, .. a6 Sideline 601 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Greco Variation 538 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Alekhine System 489 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Winawer Defense 423 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System 329 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Steinitz Variation, Exchange Variation 328 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Bogoljubow Defense 234 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Rubinstein Defense 231 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Russian Gambit 157 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Modern Defense 151 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Gunsberg Defense, Prianishenmo Gambit 131 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System, Main Line 123 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense, Haberditz Variation 121 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Linares Variation 77 games
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Smyslov Variation 70 games
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