Queen's Gambit Accepted (4… dxc4 5. Bg5)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5
The Queen's Gambit Accepted is a chess opening classified as ECO D24, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 31 times by this move order. White won 58%, 10% were drawn and Black won 32%. The most popular continuation is 5… Be7 (65% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.17 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 5… a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. e3 Na5 8. Nd2)
- ECO
- D24
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 4 | |
| 1500-1999 | 21 | |
| 2000+ | 6 | |
| All | 31 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Be7 Queen's Gambit Declined (5. Bg5 Be7) | 20 (65%) | |
| 5… a6 | 3 (10%) | |
| 5… c5 | 3 (10%) | |
| 5… c6 | 2 (6%) | |
| 5… Bd7 | 1 (3%) | |
| 5… b5 | 1 (3%) | |
| 5… h6 | 1 (3%) |
Master games
8 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 38%, draw 12%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- GM Levon Aronian (2816) – GM Francisco Vallejo Pons (2697) 1/2-1/2 · 5th Final Masters · 2012-09-26
- FM Martin Horak (2214) – GM Gregory Kaidanov (2549) 0-1 · Titled Tue 20th Sep Early · 2022-09-20
- GM Tomas Polak (2527) – Jan Horak (2088) 1-0 · TCh-CZE 1 Liga Vychod · 2020-06-14
- GM Vitaly Sivuk (2490) – Marc Lozano Casasayas (2005) 1-0 · 10th Sunway Sitges 2023 · 2023-12-12
- Ivan Alonso Limon Olmos (2086) – IM Sion Radamantys Galaviz Medina (2363) 0-1 · 32nd Carlos Torre Mem · 2022-12-20
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Accepted and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- goplit_cat (2433) – Nemozgite (2446) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 600 + 0s
- TanStreet (2205) – derFelix (2370) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- psilber (2301) – jessehf (2261) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined (2. c4 e6) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined (5. Bg5 Be7) D53 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Be7
More Queen's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
- Queen's Gambit Accepted (2. c4 dxc4) D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Accelerated Mannheim Variation D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Alekhine System D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Greco Variation D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, McDonnell Defense D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, McDonnell Defense, Somov Gambit D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Modern Defense D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Rubinstein Defense D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Rubinstein Defense, Yefimov Gambit D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Linares Variation D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation, Billinger Gambit D20
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.