The Queen's Gambit is a chess opening that begins with White moving the d-pawn forward two squares, Black responding with the same move, and then White advancing the c-pawn two squares. It's one of the most popular and well-studied openings in chess because it gives White a strong, flexible position that has been used successfully at all levels of play.
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Vinony files it under 15th century in chess and Chess openings.
Its subject is documented across 52 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- chess opening
- Subclass of
- Closed Game
- Named after
- queen
- Sport
- chess
- Image
- Queen's Gambit 1. d4 d5 2. c4.png
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- topic's main category
- Q9442913
- Portable Game Notation
- c4
- position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation
- rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/3p4/2PP4/8/PP2PPPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 0 2
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- chess.stackexchange.com/tags/queens-gambit
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Encyclopedic overview
Moves1.d4 d5 2.c4 ECOD06–D69 Originlate 15th century ParentClosed Game
The Queen's Gambit is the chess opening that starts with the moves:
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