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Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Alekhine System
Overview
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Alekhine System belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D20, 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6, after 6 plies of opening development.
The line refines Queen's Gambit Accepted: Saduleto Variation, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- D20
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 6
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Statistics from Lichess
684,166 games · White 54.1% / Draw 4.3% / Black 41.6%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nc3 | 389,041 | |
| e5 | 251,577 | |
| Bxc4 | 27,395 | |
| f3 | 9,229 | |
| Nf3 | 3,608 | |
| Bg5 | 892 | |
| d5 | 595 | |
| Qc2 | 388 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:29:34
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