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Queen's Gambit Declined (D56)
1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5 Be7 5 e3 O-O 6 Nf3 h6
7 Bh4

Number of games in database: 977
Years covered: 1932 to 2023
Overall record:
   White wins 24.6%
   Black wins 12.2%
   Draws 63.3%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Pia Cramling  12 games
Vasyl Ivanchuk  8 games
Gideon Stahlberg  8 games
Artur Yusupov  22 games
Daniel Fridman  15 games
Oleg Korneev  14 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Karpov vs Yusupov, 1989
Ivanchuk vs Onischuk, 2005
Plaskett vs J Emms, 1986
Topalov vs Anand, 2010
I Krush vs A Zatonskih, 2009
W Fairhurst vs O Bernstein, 1946
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 page 1 of 40; games 1-25 of 977  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. F Gygli vs O Bernstein  ½-½631932BernD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. Bogoljubov vs F Gygli  1-01091932BernD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
3. Flohr vs O Bernstein ½-½671934ZurichD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. Stahlberg vs Lasker ½-½261935MoscowD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. Levenfish vs Lasker  ½-½411935MoscowD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. G Stoltz vs Kostic  ½-½461935Warsaw OlympiadD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. I Pleci vs A Staehelin  1-0321935Warsaw OlympiadD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
8. Bogoljubov vs Stahlberg  ½-½1321935GER-SWED56 Queen's Gambit Declined
9. C Vlagsma vs Tartakower ½-½301936RotterdamD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. Stahlberg vs E E Book  1-0341936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
11. A Ebralidze vs N Sorokin  1-0411937Ch TbilisiD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. Kashdan vs V Mezgailis  ½-½501937Stockholm OlympiadD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
13. Stahlberg vs Eliskases  ½-½311938LodzD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
14. Foltys vs Eliskases ½-½331938LodzD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
15. Pirc vs Foltys  ½-½311938LjubljanaD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
16. M Broeder vs L Furlani  1-0311938LjubljanaD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
17. W Weil vs Eliskases  0-1451938Bad ElsterD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
18. Bondarevsky vs Abramian  1-061193811th USSR Championship SemifinalD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
19. A Budo vs Abramian  ½-½66193811th USSR Championship SemifinalD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
20. Pirc vs Euwe  ½-½301938NoordwijkD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
21. Eliskases vs A Becker  ½-½491938German ChampionshipD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
22. E Reinhardt vs W Weil  1-0391938German ChampionshipD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
23. R M Norman vs F Wenman  ½-½481939Wenman vs Norman MatchD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
24. Bogoljubov vs Eliskases  ½-½381939Bogoljubov - EliskasesD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
25. Bogoljubov vs Eliskases ½-½561939Bogoljubov - EliskasesD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
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Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♗g5 ♗e7 5.e3 O-O 6.♘f3 h6 7.♗h4 ♘e4 8.♗xe7 ♕xe7


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