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Queen's Gambit

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Also known as Aleppo Gambit, 1. d4 d5 2. c4

chess opening 1.d4 d5 2.c4

AI overview

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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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:

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Queen's Gambit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.