D57

Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Main Line

Key moves: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5

The classical Queen's Gambit Declined with Bg5 is one of the most important chess openings. White pins the knight, creating pressure on the d5 pawn. Black must choose between several major defensive setups.

History & Notable Players

The backbone of classical chess. Featured in virtually every World Championship match from Steinitz to Carlsen.

Best Games

Topalov,V vs Anand,V1/2-1/2
20th Amber Rapid • 2011★ Notable
Duda,J vs Nakamura,Hi1/2-1/2
NIC Classic Prelim 2021 • 2021
Duda,J vs Nakamura,Hi1-0
chess.com Speed 2019 • 2019
Nakamura,Hi vs Caruana,F1-0
Champions Showdown 60m • 2016
Svidler,P vs Caruana,F1/2-1/2
KM FIDE GP 2015 • 2015
Grischuk,A vs Radjabov,T0-1
SportAccord Basque 2014 • 2014
Anand,V vs Kasimdzhanov,R1-0
FIDE World Blitz 2014 • 2014
Topalov,V vs Anand,V0-1
3rd Pearl Spring • 2010
Aronian,L vs Anand,V1/2-1/2
World Blitz • 2009
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Vaganian, Rafael A1-0
Reggio Emilia9596 • 1996
Karpov, Anatoly vs Jussupow, Artur1/2-1/2
Candidats sf1 • 1989
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Andersson, Ulf1/2-1/2
Tilburg • 1984
Zubov,A UKR vs Abdusattorov,Nodirbek1/2-1/2
Titled Tuesday 19th Jan • 2021
Karpov,Ana vs Vaganian,R1/2-1/2
Platja d'Aro Legends Rap • 2019
Korobov,A vs Radjabov,T0-1
World Blitz 2016 • 2016
Jussupow,Ar vs Vaganian,R1/2-1/2
World Senior Teams +50 • 2016
Vachier Lagrave,M vs Caruana,F0-1
chess.com QF Blitz 5m+2spm 2016 • 2016
Ovsejevitsch,S vs Jussupow,Ar1/2-1/2
TCh-SUI 2016 • 2016
Nakamura,Hi vs Jakovenko,D1/2-1/2
Tashkent FIDE GP 2014 • 2014
Laznicka,V vs Anand,V1/2-1/2
FIDE World Rapid 2014 • 2014

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