Queen's Gambit Accepted: Accelerated Mannheim Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qa4+
The Queen's Gambit Accepted: Accelerated Mannheim Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D20, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qa4+. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2,727 times by this move order. White won 49%, 4% were drawn and Black won 47%. The most popular continuation is 3… Bd7 (37% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.06 (Stockfish, depth 53; best line 3… c6 4. Qxc4 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. dxe5)
- ECO
- D20
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qa4+
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1,743 | |
| 1500-1999 | 911 | |
| 2000+ | 73 | |
| All | 2,727 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… Bd7 | 1,007 (37%) | |
| 3… Nc6 | 758 (28%) | |
| 3… c6 | 654 (24%) | |
| 3… Qd7 | 204 (7%) | |
| 3… Nd7 | 66 (2%) | |
| 3… b5 | 33 (1%) |
Master games
123 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 34%, draw 17%, Black 49%). The strongest:
- IM Valery Kazakouski (2476) – GM Andrey Esipenko (2701) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tuesday 27th Apr · 2021-04-27
- IM Valeriy Kazakovskiy (2420) – GM Hrvoje Stevic (2616) 0-1 · 33rd ECC Open 2017 · 2017-10-14
- IM Valery Kazakouski (2473) – GM Daniil Lintchevski (2559) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 19th May · 2020-05-19
- GM Kirill Bryzgalin (2430) – GM Erik Van den Doel (2598) 0-1 · 2nd Innsbruck Open 2018 · 2018-08-31
- IM Valeriy Kazakovskiy (2429) – GM Daniil Lintchevski (2524) 1/2-1/2 · Aeroflot Open B 2017 · 2017-02-25
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Mitichkin_Ivan (2601) – RoryMcCann (2671) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- Mitichkin_Ivan (2570) – RoryMcCann (2668) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Mitichkin_Ivan (2562) – Shaginyan_A (2446) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Accepted (2. c4 dxc4) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4
More Queen's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
- 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
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation, Christensen Gambit D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation, Korchnoi 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.