Queens Gambit
1.d4 d5 2.c4
White offers the c-pawn to deflect Black's d-pawn from the center. Black can accept or decline; both lead to classical, strategic positions.
As White: 62% score in 9904 games (5569 wins, 1100 draws, 3235 losses).
As Black: 54% score in 7689 games (3654 wins, 948 draws, 3087 losses).
Who plays it most
- GM Matthias Bluebaum: 104 games as White, scores 73%
- GM Jonas Lampert: 101 games as White, scores 61%
- GM Fabian Doettling: 100 games as White, scores 90%
- GM Akshayraj Kore: 95 games as White, scores 63%
- GM Aleksei Sarana: 95 games as White, scores 69%
- GM Sergey Volkov: 95 games as White, scores 43%
- GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian: 94 games as White, scores 69%
- IM Tugstumur Yesuntumur: 87 games as White, scores 55%
- GM Alexander Rustemov: 82 games as White, scores 57%
- GM Benjamin Bok: 81 games as White, scores 73%
- GM soloadelante: 79 games as White, scores 61%
- GM Jayson Gonzales: 78 games as White, scores 55%
- liindseeyy: 76 games as White, scores 64%
- GM Aaryan Varshney: 73 games as White, scores 67%
- GM Rainer Buhmann: 73 games as White, scores 62%
From the recent public Chess.com games of 1073 players on the top players list, updated about once a week. Score = wins plus half the draws.