Tree path 6 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Queen's Gambit Accepted › Normal Variation › Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense › Borisenko-Furman Variation
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Accepted D20
- Normal Variation D21
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense D22
- Borisenko-Furman Variation D21 you are here
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense, Borisenko-Furman Variation
Overview
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense, Borisenko-Furman Variation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D21, Closed & Semi-Closed Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.
The line arises from 7 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e4.
The line refines Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- D21
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 7
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Statistics from Lichess
16,520 games · White 49.6% / Draw 4.7% / Black 45.6%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| b5 | 11,762 | |
| e6 | 1,351 | |
| Bg4 | 1,207 | |
| Nf6 | 664 | |
| Nc6 | 441 | |
| h6 | 404 | |
| c5 | 218 | |
| c6 | 149 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:42:28
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