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Tree path 14 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Queen's Gambit Accepted › Normal Variation › Queen's Gambit Accepted › Normal Variation › Traditional System › Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense › Normal Line › Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Main Line › Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System › Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System › Main Line › Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System, Smyslov Variation
  1. Chess Codex
  2. Queen's Pawn Game D00
  3. Queen's Gambit D06
  4. Queen's Gambit Accepted D20
  5. Normal Variation D21
  6. Queen's Gambit Accepted D23
  7. Normal Variation D25
  8. Traditional System D26
  9. Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense D26
  10. Normal Line D26
  11. Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Main Line D27
  12. Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System D28
  13. Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System D28
  14. Main Line D29
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D29

Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System, Smyslov Variation

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Overview

Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System, Smyslov Variation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D29, 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. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Bd6, after 20 plies of opening development.

The line refines Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System, Main Line, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
D29
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
20
Parent
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System, Main Line

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Statistics from Lichess

718 games · White 41.9% / Draw 8.5% / Black 49.6%

MovesGamesW / D / B
e4384
d5126
dxc5122
Ne520
a319
a419
h312
Bc211

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 03:26:40

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